Re: Basic emacs lisp question

[Phillip Lord]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>   (let ((a (thing-at-point 'word)))
>>     (message a)))
>
> And if the word at point includes % you'll get an error.
> *Always* pass a format string to `message':
>
>    (message "%s" (thing-at-point 'word))))


I *think* (thing-at-point 'word) doesn't normally return a %, at least
not from .signature, so I'm in the clear!

But, generally, yes, it's a good call.

Phil