From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Combining two short lisp routines
Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 11:04:51 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7ha42afg.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-6EB8AF.01453906052011@reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.example.com
> (defun insert-definition (word)
> "Search for WORD in dictionary, insert definition here."
> (interactive "sWord:")
> (switch-to-buffer "dict.txt")
> (re-search-forward (concat "^" word)
> (let ((text (buffer-substring (point)
> (progn (end-of-line)
> (point)))))
> (other-buffer)
> (insert text)))
Please, never call switch-to-buffer and/or other-buffer from such
Lisp code. Use set-buffer instead.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-06 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-05 23:47 Combining two short lisp routines B. T. Raven
2011-05-06 5:45 ` Barry Margolin
2011-05-06 13:14 ` B. T. Raven
2011-05-06 21:51 ` Barry Margolin
2011-05-07 3:34 ` B. T. Raven
2011-05-07 7:23 ` Barry Margolin
2011-05-07 22:37 ` B. T. Raven
2011-05-06 14:04 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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