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#59559
28.1; `minibuffer-with-setup-hook' with :append
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> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "59559 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <59559 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:57:45 +0000
>
> > > The (valid, IMO) request was about the (:append FUN1) part: is this the
> > > s-expr to specify, or should the FUN arg evaluate to such a list? Not
> > > clear from the original docstring.
> >
> > I don't see why. We say stuff like "argument of the form (FOO BAR)"
> > in gazillion places,
>
> Precisely. And we don't say that here.
Yes, we do:
But if FUN is of the form ‘(:append FUN1)’ [...]
> That's _one_
> of the possible forms of the argument sexp. IF
> it has that form (:append F) THEN F is evaluated
> to give the function that's added. OTHERWISE
> the whole sexp arg is evaluated to give the
> function that's added.
>
> This kind of thing is _not_ done in a gazillion
> places.
It's a macro. That's how macros are handled in Emacs.
> > I already did.
>
> I don't think what you suggested changes/adds anything.
> You just changed "FUN" to "function FUN", no?
Yes, because that's the only part that is not crystal clear there.
I don't see what else needs to be discussed here. We should close
this bug.
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