Re: Running .emacs style commands within emacs

[Joel J. Adamson]

Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:

> "Ben Forbes" <bdforbes@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Actually what I meant was, I want to run lisp forms from within emacs. Eg,
>> (global-set-key "\C-\M-z" 'delete-whole-line). There must be a Lisp engine
>> running within Emacs that interprets this form when it is in the .emacs init
>> file. Can I send lisp forms to this engine at any given time during an Emacs
>> session? I know global-set-key can be run from M-x but it's interactive, I'd
>> like to be able to enter the above form manually.
>
> This is what I use the scratch buffer for. 
>

There's also an interactive Emacs Lisp REPL called ielm in Emacs 23
(from CVS).

M-x ielm

Joel

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