Re: Problems with catch and throw

[Tassilo Horn]

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

Hi Barry,

> The problem isn't with minibuffer-contents, it's with
>
> (message "cont = " (minibuffer-contents))
>
> The first argument to message is a format string, and the remaining
> arguments will be substituted for the % codes in the string.  Since
> you don't have any % codes, it never displays the minibuffer contents.
> So that should be:
>
> (message "cont = %s" (minibuffer-contents))

Oh my god, that's more than awkward.  That happens when you use `insert'
and `message' in parallel. :-P

Ok, then the real question is: How can I invoke
`execute-extended-command' with an initial input string?

Bye,
Tassilo