From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Basic emacs lisp question Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:59:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87egvkvb6o.fsf@gmail.com> <87egvjliv2.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87k35bjx7e.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410368426 1287 80.91.229.3 (10 Sep 2014 17:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 10 19:00:14 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XRlFe-0006p4-A2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:00:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57528 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRlFe-0005CG-2C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:00:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRlFL-000517-FG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:00:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRlFE-000815-0x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:59:55 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:52767) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XRlFD-00080o-Sv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:59:47 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id s8AGxje5015601; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:59:46 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7BCFD63DE7; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:59:45 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87k35bjx7e.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (Phillip Lord's message of "Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:45:41 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV5060=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9378 : core <5060> : inlines <1276> : streams <1286481> : uri <1812426> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99788 Archived-At: >>> (let ((a (thing-at-point 'word))) >>> (message a))) >> And if the word at point includes % you'll get an error. >> *Always* pass a format string to `message': >> (message "%s" (thing-at-point 'word)))) > I *think* (thing-at-point 'word) doesn't normally return a %, at least > not from .signature, so I'm in the clear! Might be the case, but why think when you can just use "%s" is move on? Stefan