Re: Combining two short lisp routines

[Barry Margolin]

In article <wMqdnfEhReeUaV7QnZ2dnUVZ_rmdnZ2d@sysmatrix.net>,
 "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> wrote:

> Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <LbCdnUvW4ImHql7QnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@sysmatrix.net>,
> >  "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Can these two routines be combined, maybe by not even visiting dict.txt,
> >> but transferring everything to end of line from that buffer?
> >>
> >> (defun sld (word);; run from rcirc channel
> >>     "Regex Search dictionary for Eng Word at line beginning"
> >>      (interactive"sWord:")
> >>      (switch-to-buffer "dict.txt")
> >>      (re-search-forward (concat  "^" word))
> >> )
> >>
> >> (defun ttb (beg end);; run from dict.txt buffer
> >>   "Transfer text to other buffer\n"
> >>   (interactive "r")
> >>
> >> ;; in dict.txt buffer mark stretch of text here interactively for
> >>  ;;;copying back to channel buffer
> >>
> >>   (switch-to-buffer (other-buffer))
> >>   (yank)
> >> )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Ed
> > 
> > (defun insert-definition (word)
> >   "Search for WORD in dictionary, insert definition here."
> >   (interactive "sWord:")
> >   (switch-to-buffer "dict.txt")
> >   (re-search-forward (concat "^" word)
> >   (let ((text (buffer-substring (point) ;; let isn't in re-search-forward 
> >   is it?
> >                                 (progn (end-of-line)
> >                                        (point)))))
> >      (other-buffer)
> >      (insert text)))
> > 
> 
> 
> Thanks, Barry. Am I right to assume that it's not possible somewhere in
> that (let.. form to do interactive highlighting of just the part of the
> definition that is of interest? There are usually many different foreign
> language words associated with the English one at the beginning of the
> line in dict.txt.

Sure you can.  I didn't see anything like that in the functions you 
asked to combine.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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