GNU bug report logs - #4118
23.1; eval-last-sexp-print-value is inconvenient

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>

Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:05:08 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #62 received at 4118 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
Cc: 4118 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4118: 23.1; eval-last-sexp-print-value is inconvenient
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:52:08 +0300

>   A prefix of
>     1 (or just C-u) -> output a plain number into the buffer
>     2 -> number + alternative radix outputs into the buffer
>     3 -> number + alternates + character into the buffer
>     -1, -2, -3 -> same as above, but for the echo area
>   And the above always behaves the same.
>
>   *No* prefix means:
>     show the plain number output in the echo area on first use
>     number + alternates on second use (with no prefix, of course)
>     number + alternates + character on the third use.

Then maybe the same scheme should be applied to `eval-expression'
(`M-:') as well.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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