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Re: eval-last-sexp documentation
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Kai Großjohann |
Subject: |
Re: eval-last-sexp documentation |
Date: |
23 Jun 2001 20:33:59 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.0.104 |
On 22 Jun 2001, Deepak Goel wrote:
> (defun eval-last-sexp (eval-last-sexp-arg-internal)
> "Evaluate sexp before point; print value in minibuffer.
> With argument, print output into current buffer."
> (interactive "P")
>
>
> Seeing as the argument is not optional, i think the documentation
> should say:
> "Evaluate sexp before point; print value in minibuffer.
> With non-nil argument, print output into current buffer." ...
Commands are often mainly documented for interactive use. In that
context, `argument' almost certainly refers to `universal argument'.
Maybe the docs could say `with prefix argument' rather than `with
argument', and another sentence starting with `From Lisp, ' could be
added? (I'm not sure what to put in that additional sentence -- maybe
`From Lisp, the argument is not optional'? But that doesn't tell the
whole story.)
kai
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