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Re: macro with argument
From: |
Joakim Hove |
Subject: |
Re: macro with argument |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:33:57 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) |
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>> how can I write "macros with arguments"?
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> [Me:] M-x my_macro
>> [Emacs:] your argument:
>> [Me:] foo
>>
>> Then emacs should print e.g.
>>
>> bla foo blo
>
> (defun my_macro (string) (interactive "syour argument: ") (message
> "bla %s blo" string))
I.e. - write a small e-lisp function to achieve what you want, and not
a conventional macro. Check the documentation of the special form
(interactive )
C-h f interactive
too see how the argument is read from you.
HTH - Joakim
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