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bug#34749: 26.1; `delete-windows-on': (1) doc, (2) bug, (3) bug, (4) can


From: martin rudalics
Subject: bug#34749: 26.1; `delete-windows-on': (1) doc, (2) bug, (3) bug, (4) candidates
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 09:39:19 +0100

> Are you asking what "\nP" means/does?

Yes.

> If so, the "\n" separates
> arguments and the "P" stands for `current-prefix-arg', i.e., the
> raw prefix argument.  This is pretty well documented in (elisp)
> `Using Interactive' and (elisp) `Interactive Codes'.
>
>    a string; its contents are a sequence of elements
>    separated by newlines, one for each argument(1).  Each element
>    consists of a code character (*note Interactive Codes::) optionally
>    followed by a prompt (which some code characters use and some
>    ignore).  Here is an example:
>
>         (interactive "P\nbFrobnicate buffer: ")
>
>    The code letter ‘P’ sets the command’s first argument to the raw
>    command prefix (*note Prefix Command Arguments::).

It's clear for you since you probably write such specifications all
the time.  I hope it's now clear for me as well after reading that
text a couple of times.

Thanks, martin






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