Re: Documentation about elisp code

[steve-humphreys]

> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2021 at 10:40 PM
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
> Cc: "Tassilo Horn" <tsdh@gnu.org>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Documentation about elisp code
>
> On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 12:25:14PM +0200, steve-humphreys@gmx.com wrote:
> > Have made a defvar and want to output the string in message.
> > Getting into difficulties doing that.
> >
> > (defvar guidance-message
> >   "* guidance
> >
> > C-h f flight"
>
> There is a closing parenthesis missing here.
>
> > (defun guidance ()
> >    "todo"
> >
> >    (message guidance-message) )
> >
> > (guidance)
>
> Besides... you could help us help you better by actually
> describing your difficulties. Just "Getting into difficulties
> doing that" is... difficult :)

You are right.  I found a missing closing parenthesis.  Have written
a rudimentary message about some help resources about some code I have
written.  Currently I am using the *Messages* buffer.  I would like to
use a special buffer for my tools, but do not have experience doing that.


> Cheers
>  - t
>