Re: master 8ee21db4af: Add new function `read-string-from-buffer'.

[Jean Louis]

* Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> [2022-04-29 16:54]:
> Jean Louis [2022-04-29 16:18:48] wrote:
> > * Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> [2022-04-29 15:21]:
> >> Jean Louis [2022-04-29 12:44:41] wrote:
> >> > (defun read-from-buffer (&optional value buffer-name mode title keymap 
> >> > place
> >> > highlight-list minor-modes)
> >> 
> >> I'd collapse those "mode title keymap place highlight-list minor-modes"
> >> into a singe `setup-function` argument.
> >
> > Is there example of that to help me understand it?
> >
> > Do you mean `setup-function` should be a list or hash, or similar data
> > type which is then parsed by function?
> 
> No, I mean a formal argument called `setup-function` which
> `read-from-buffer` would call (probably with 0 arguments) in the buffer.
> 
> So instead of:
> 
>     (read-from-buffer "My prompt: " "*The Buffer*"
>                       #'foo-mode nil foo-map nil nil (list #'bar-minor-mode))
> 
> you'd write:
> 
>     (read-from-buffer "My prompt: " "*The Buffer*"
>                       (lambda ()
>                         (foo-mode)
>                         (use-local-map foo-map)
>                         (bar-minor-mode 1)))
> 

I got that, thank you. That is generally good idea for some functions
that require more arguments.


-- 
Jean

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