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bug#10495: 24.0.92; pp-eval-last-sexp doesn't work on a `symbol' in quot
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#10495: 24.0.92; pp-eval-last-sexp doesn't work on a `symbol' in quotes |
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Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:47:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> the command `eval-last-sexp' has a very useful feature: Having point at
> a symbol (or a sexp) that is enclosed in `...' (think of the manual or
> docstrings), the sorrounded quotes are ignored so that evaluation of it
> works.
>
> OTOH, `pp-eval-last-sexp' doesn't have this feature. I think it really
> really should, I can't see any disadvantage.
Makes sense to me -- you don't happen to have a patch for this? :-)
> Besides: IMHO it's a pity that pp.el is not described in any manual (or
> is it? - didn't find something).
>
> At least, the header of pp.el should describe how to use it. E.g. just
> tell the user to do
>
> (global-set-key [?\C-x ?\C-e] 'pp-eval-last-sexp)
> (global-set-key [?\M-:] 'pp-eval-expression)
>
> or something like that.
Are there any cases where using the pp version of eval-last-sexp (etc)
would be awkward? If not, adding a comment like that (and mentioning
the pp commands in the manual) sounds like a good idea.
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