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Re: buffer variable values
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: buffer variable values |
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Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:38:37 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.7557.1345882485.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
drain <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was insert-buffer ever meant to be called non-interactively, though? The
> newer insert-buffer has this in its documentation:
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> "This function is meant for the user to run interactively.
> Don't call it from programs: use `insert-buffer-substring' instead!"
Just because it's not *meant* to be used from programs doesn't mean it
shouldn't work reasonably when it is.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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