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Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:52:18 +0100

steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:

>> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 at 11:18 AM
>> From: "Philip K." <philipk@posteo.net>
>> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
>> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>> Subject: Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs 
>> Lisp
>>
>> steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:
>>
>> > ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp.
>> >
>> > Yet there are many reasons for beginners to use ielm.  Have some
>> > examples and beginners will get more productive using it as they
>> > delve into new things.
>>
>> I guess it's not mentioned, because it is not necessary, and at least to
>> my knowledge, most people will be using C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp) and
>> C-M-x (eval-defun) in the *scratch* buffer. Using a REPL, when you can
>> evaluate any part of a buffer seems like a step back to me.
>
> I think ielm has more features than just plain evaluation.
>

The one I use most is `ielm-change-working-buffer', which is massively
convenient, and not documented anywhere I can see.

Robert



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