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From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
	<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Printing function documentation via an interactive option
Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 21:46:56 +0000	[thread overview]
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On Friday, May 10th, 2024 at 9:25 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> > Would it be possible to display the documentation of the current function
> > should a user select the initial value "?". Furthermore, because I am
> > requiring a match, would the initial-value have to be included in
> > COLLECTION ?
> > 
> > (interactive
> > (list
> > (let ( (cseq '("global-activate" "global-deactivate" "?")) )
> > (completing-read "Switch: " cseq nil t "?"))))
> 
> 
> All that does is put `?' in the minibuffer, with point just after it. If you
> just hit RET at that point then the string "?" is provided as the value of 
> your function's first argument. Unless the body of your function interprets 
> that "?" string as an instruction to invoke` describe-function' on your function, 
> then no, just reading that "?" isn't going to show the help for your function.

Yes, I have a pcase that interprets the "?" as the function argument.
So describe-function can call itself ?




  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-09 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-09 20:56 Printing function documentation via an interactive option Heime
2024-05-09 21:25 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-05-09 21:46   ` Heime [this message]
2024-05-09 22:02     ` Heime
2024-05-09 22:06     ` Drew Adams

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