Re: Combining two short lisp routines

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <LbCdnUvW4ImHql7QnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@sysmatrix.net>,
>  "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> wrote:
> 
>> Can these two routines be combined, maybe by not even visiting dict.txt,
>> but transferring everything to end of line from that buffer?
>>
>> (defun sld (word);; run from rcirc channel
>>     "Regex Search dictionary for Eng Word at line beginning"
>>      (interactive"sWord:")
>>      (switch-to-buffer "dict.txt")
>>      (re-search-forward (concat  "^" word))
>> )
>>
>> (defun ttb (beg end);; run from dict.txt buffer
>>   "Transfer text to other buffer\n"
>>   (interactive "r")
>>
>> ;; in dict.txt buffer mark stretch of text here interactively for
>>  ;;;copying back to channel buffer
>>
>>   (switch-to-buffer (other-buffer))
>>   (yank)
>> )
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ed
> 
> (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) ;; let isn't in re-search-forward is it?
>                                 (progn (end-of-line)
>                                        (point)))))
>      (other-buffer)
>      (insert text)))
> 


Thanks, Barry. Am I right to assume that it's not possible somewhere in
that (let.. form to do interactive highlighting of just the part of the
definition that is of interest? There are usually many different foreign
language words associated with the English one at the beginning of the
line in dict.txt.

Thanks again,

Ed