I'm currently running Emacs master branch (I just pulled and rebuilt a few minutes ago).
I think it would be nice if IELM let you use the read-symbol shorthands you first defined
in the buffer you now set as your IELM working buffer.
For example, say I edit /tmp/example.el, in the buffer "example.el". It contains
the following:
(symbol-name 't-foo)
;; Local Variables:
;; read-symbol-shorthands: (("t-" . "tmp-"))
;; End:
If I evaluate the call to symbol-name, I get "tmp-foo", which is expected. Now, let's say I open IELM, and
set my working buffer to "example.el". I can evaluate read-symbol-shorthands:
ELISP> read-symbol-shorthands
(("t-" . "tmp-"))
This makes sense, since these are the shorthands for the working buffer. But I can't actually use them! For example,
if I evaluate (symbol-name 't-foo) in the IELM session, I get "t-foo". Unlike, say, in the minibuffer, the shorthand
isn't expanded in this context.
Ideally, the shorthand should be expanded, and I should be able to get completion for things that use shorthands, just
as I would in the original buffer.
What do folks think here?
- Brandon