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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: Shift selection using interactive spec
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:26:14 -0400
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I think that `interactive' codes are much better than symbol properties
for defining the meaning of a command.

When the `interactive' spec is a Lisp expression, that expression
can call a suitably provided function to do the job.