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Re: read-from-minibuffer with default value string


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: read-from-minibuffer with default value string
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:54:02 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> (defun double-query ()
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((key (completing-read "Journal: " collection-list)))
>     (if (setq code (cadr (assoc key collection-list)))
>       (message "Pass <%s> to another function here" code)
>       (if (y-or-n-p "Add to list?")
>         (let* ((key (read-from-minibuffer (format "Journal Title <%s>: " key) 
> key))
>                (code (read-from-minibuffer "Journal Bibtex Code: ")))
>           (push (list key code) collection-list)
>           (message "Pass <%s> to another function here" code))))))

Use read-string rather than the low-level `read-from-minibuffer'.


        Stefan


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