From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: buffer variable values
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:38:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-654215.10383725082012@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.7557.1345882485.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.7557.1345882485.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
drain <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was insert-buffer ever meant to be called non-interactively, though? The
> newer insert-buffer has this in its documentation:
>
> "This function is meant for the user to run interactively.
> Don't call it from programs: use `insert-buffer-substring' instead!"
Just because it's not *meant* to be used from programs doesn't mean it
shouldn't work reasonably when it is.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-25 14:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-25 7:33 buffer variable values drain
2012-08-25 7:52 ` PJ Weisberg
2012-08-25 8:14 ` drain
2012-08-25 15:01 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.7557.1345882485.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-25 14:38 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.7566.1345906894.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-08-25 18:08 ` Barry Margolin
2012-08-25 19:40 ` Drew Adams
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