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bug#43463: 27.1; Elisp manual error, printed text in Interaction buffer
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#43463: 27.1; Elisp manual error, printed text in Interaction buffer |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 17:25:13 +0300 |
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> From: dalanicolai <dalanicolai@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:59:03 +0200
>
> I copy the example text into a *scratch* buffer, and evaluate it by placing
> the cursor behind the code and
> press C-x C-e, the text is then printed in the echo-area.
> However the following line from Section 1.3.4 suggests to me that it should
> get printed within the *scratch*
> buffer itself:
>
> "If you execute example code in a Lisp Interaction buffer (such as the
> buffer ‘*scratch*’), the printed text is inserted into the buffer."
Would it be enough to say
"If you execute ... by typing C-j after the closing parentheses, the
printed text is inserted ..."
IOW, how to "execute the code in the buffer" was not explained, and we
need to explain it. Right?