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1;;; ielm.el --- interaction mode for Emacs Lisp
2;; Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4;; Author: David Smith <maa036@lancaster.ac.uk>
5;; Created: 25 Feb 1994
6;; Keywords: lisp
7
8;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
9
10;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13;; any later version.
14
15;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18;; GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
22;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
23
24;;; Commentary:
25
e848854a 26;; Provides a nice interface to evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions.
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27;; Input is handled by the comint package, and output is passed
28;; through the pretty-printer.
29
30;; To install: copy this file to a directory in your load-path, and
e848854a 31;; add the following line to your .emacs file:
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e848854a 33;; (autoload 'ielm "ielm" "Start an inferior Emacs Lisp session" t)
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34;;
35;; For completion to work, the comint.el from FSF Emacs 19.23 is
36;; required. If you do not have it, or if you are running Lemacs,
37;; also add the following code to your .emacs:
38;;
39;; (setq ielm-mode-hook
40;; '(lambda nil
41;; (define-key ielm-map "\t"
42;; '(lambda nil (interactive) (or (ielm-tab)
43;; (lisp-complete-symbol))))))
44
45;; To start: M-x ielm. Type C-h m in the *ielm* buffer for more info.
46
47;; The latest version is available by WWW from
48;; http://mathssun5.lancs.ac.uk:2080/~maa036/elisp/dir.html
49;; or by anonymous FTP from
50;; /anonymous@wingra.stat.wisc.edu:pub/src/emacs-lisp/ielm.el.gz
51;; or from the author: David M. Smith <maa036@lancaster.ac.uk>
52
53;;; Code:
54
55(require 'comint)
56(require 'pp)
57
58;;; User variables
59
60(defvar ielm-noisy t
e848854a 61 "*If non-nil, IELM will beep on error.")
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63(defvar ielm-prompt "ELISP> "
64 "Prompt used in IELM.")
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65
66(defvar ielm-dynamic-return t
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67 "*Controls whether \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-return] has intelligent behaviour in IELM.
68If non-nil, \\[ielm-return] evaluates input for complete sexps, or inserts a newline
69and indents for incomplete sexps. If nil, always inserts newlines.")
70
71(defvar ielm-dynamic-multiline-inputs t
72 "*Force multiline inputs to start from column zero?
73If non-nil, after entering the first line of an incomplete sexp, a newline
74will be inserted after the prompt, moving the input to the next line.
75This gives more frame width for large indented sexps, and allows functions
76such as `edebug-defun' to work with such inputs.")
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77
78(defvar ielm-mode-hook nil
e848854a 79 "*Hooks to be run when IELM (`inferior-emacs-lisp-mode') is started.")
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80
81;;; System variables
82
83(defvar ielm-working-buffer nil
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84 "Buffer in which IELM sexps will be evaluated.
85This variable is buffer-local.")
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86
87(defvar ielm-header
88 (concat
e848854a 89 "*** Welcome to IELM version "
9d42eea3 90 (substring "$Revision: 1.4 $" 11 -2)
813f532d 91 " *** Type (describe-mode) for help.\n"
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92 "IELM has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type (describe-no-warranty) for details.\n")
93 "Message to display when IELM is started.")
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94
95(defvar ielm-map nil)
96(if ielm-map nil
97 (if (string-match "Lucid" emacs-version)
98 ;; Lemacs
99 (progn
100 (setq ielm-map (make-sparse-keymap))
101 (set-keymap-parent ielm-map comint-mode-map))
102 ;; FSF
103 (setq ielm-map (cons 'keymap comint-mode-map)))
104 (define-key ielm-map "\t" 'comint-dynamic-complete)
105 (define-key ielm-map "\C-m" 'ielm-return)
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106 (define-key ielm-map "\C-j" 'ielm-send-input)
107 (define-key ielm-map "\e\C-x" 'eval-defun) ; for consistency with
108 (define-key ielm-map "\e\t" 'lisp-complete-symbol) ; lisp-interaction-mode
109 ;; These bindings are from shared-lisp-mode-map -- can you inherit
110 ;; from more than one keymap??
111 (define-key ielm-map "\e\C-q" 'indent-sexp)
112 (define-key ielm-map "\eq" 'lisp-fill-paragraph)
113 (define-key ielm-map "\177" 'backward-delete-char-untabify)
114 ;; Some convenience bindings for setting the working buffer
115 (define-key ielm-map "\C-c\C-b" 'ielm-change-working-buffer)
116 (define-key ielm-map "\C-c\C-f" 'ielm-display-working-buffer)
117 (define-key ielm-map "\C-c\C-v" 'ielm-print-working-buffer))
813f532d 118
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119(defvar ielm-font-lock-keywords
120 (list
121 (cons (concat "^" (regexp-quote ielm-prompt)) 'font-lock-keyword-face)
122 '("\\(^\\*\\*\\*[^*]+\\*\\*\\*\\)\\(.*$\\)" (1 font-lock-comment-face) (2 font-lock-reference-face)))
123 "Additional expressions to highlight in ielm buffers.")
124
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125;;; Completion stuff
126
127(defun ielm-tab nil
e848854a 128 "Possibly indent the current line as lisp code."
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129 (interactive)
130 (if (or (eq (preceding-char) ?\n)
131 (eq (char-syntax (preceding-char)) ? ))
132 (progn
133 (ielm-indent-line)
134 t)))
135
136(defun ielm-complete-symbol nil
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137 "Complete the lisp symbol before point."
138 ;; A wrapper for lisp-complete symbol that returns non-nil if
139 ;; completion has occurred
813f532d 140 (let* ((btick (buffer-modified-tick))
e58df0dc 141 (cbuffer (get-buffer "*Completions*"))
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142 (ctick (and cbuffer (buffer-modified-tick cbuffer))))
143 (lisp-complete-symbol)
144 ;; completion has occurred if:
145 (or
146 ;; the buffer has been modified
147 (not (= btick (buffer-modified-tick)))
148 ;; a completions buffer has been modifed or created
149 (if cbuffer
150 (not (= ctick (buffer-modified-tick cbuffer)))
e58df0dc 151 (get-buffer "*Completions*")))))
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152
153(defun ielm-complete-filename nil
e848854a 154 "Dynamically complete filename before point, if in a string."
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155 (if (nth 3 (parse-partial-sexp comint-last-input-start (point)))
156 (comint-dynamic-complete-filename)))
157
158(defun ielm-indent-line nil
e848854a 159 "Indent the current line as Lisp code if it is not a prompt line."
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160 (if (save-excursion
161 (beginning-of-line)
162 (looking-at comint-prompt-regexp)) nil
163 (lisp-indent-line)))
164
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165;;; Working buffer manipulation
166
167(defun ielm-print-working-buffer nil
168 "Print the current IELM working buffer's name in the echo area."
169 (interactive)
170 (message "The current working buffer is: %s" (buffer-name ielm-working-buffer)))
171
172(defun ielm-display-working-buffer nil
173 "Display the current IELM working buffer.
174Don't forget that selecting that buffer will change its value of `point'
175to its value of `window-point'!"
176 (interactive)
177 (display-buffer ielm-working-buffer)
178 (ielm-print-working-buffer))
179
180(defun ielm-change-working-buffer (buf)
181 "Change the current IELM working buffer to BUF.
182This is the buffer in which all sexps entered at the IELM prompt are
183evaluated. You can achieve the same effect with a call to
184`set-buffer' at the IELM prompt."
185 (interactive "bSet working buffer to: ")
186 (setq ielm-working-buffer (or (get-buffer buf) (error "No such buffer")))
187 (ielm-print-working-buffer))
188
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189;;; Other bindings
190
191(defun ielm-return nil
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192 "Newline and indent, or evaluate the sexp before the prompt.
193Complete sexps are evaluated; for incomplete sexps inserts a newline
194and indents. If however `ielm-dynamic-return' is nil, this always
195simply inserts a newline."
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196 (interactive)
197 (if ielm-dynamic-return
198 (let ((state
199 (save-excursion
200 (end-of-line)
201 (parse-partial-sexp (ielm-pm)
202 (point)))))
203 (if (and (< (car state) 1) (not (nth 3 state)))
204 (ielm-send-input)
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205 (if (and ielm-dynamic-multiline-inputs
206 (save-excursion
207 (beginning-of-line)
208 (looking-at comint-prompt-regexp)))
209 (save-excursion
210 (goto-char (ielm-pm))
211 (newline 1)))
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212 (newline-and-indent)))
213 (newline)))
214
215(defun ielm-input-sender (proc input)
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216 ;; Just sets the variable ielm-input, which is in the scope of
217 ;; `ielm-send-input's call.
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218 (setq ielm-input input))
219
220(defun ielm-send-input nil
e848854a 221 "Evaluate the Emacs Lisp expression after the prompt."
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222 (interactive)
223 (let ((buf (current-buffer))
224 ielm-input) ; set by ielm-input-sender
225 (comint-send-input) ; update history, markers etc.
226 (ielm-eval-input ielm-input)))
227
228;;; Utility functions
229
230(defun ielm-is-whitespace (string)
e848854a 231 "Return non-nil if STRING is all whitespace."
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232 (or (string= string "") (string-match "\\`[ \t\n]+\\'" string)))
233
234(defun ielm-format-errors (errlist)
235 (let ((result ""))
236 (while errlist
237 (setq result (concat result (prin1-to-string (car errlist)) ", "))
238 (setq errlist (cdr errlist)))
239 (substring result 0 -2)))
240
241
242(defun ielm-format-error (err)
e848854a 243 ;; Return a string form of the error ERR.
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244 (format "%s%s"
245 (or (get (car err) 'error-message) "Peculiar error")
246 (if (cdr err)
247 (format ": %s" (ielm-format-errors (cdr err)))
248 "")))
249
250;;; Evaluation
251
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252(defun ielm-eval-input (ielm-string)
253 "Evaluate the Lisp expression IELM-STRING, and pretty-print the result."
813f532d 254 ;; This is the function that actually `sends' the input to the
e848854a 255 ;; `inferior Lisp process'. All comint-send-input does is works out
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256 ;; what that input is. What this function does is evaluates that
257 ;; input and produces `output' which gets inserted into the buffer,
258 ;; along with a new prompt. A better way of doing this might have
259 ;; been to actually send the output to the `cat' process, and write
260 ;; this as in output filter that converted sexps in the output
261 ;; stream to their evaluated value. But that would have involved
262 ;; more process coordination than I was happy to deal with.
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263 ;;
264 ;; NOTE: all temporary variables in this function will be in scope
265 ;; during the eval, and so need to have non-clashing names.
266 (let (ielm-form ; form to evaluate
267 ielm-pos ; End posn of parse in string
268 ielm-result ; Result, or error message
269 ielm-error-type ; string, nil if no error
270 (ielm-output "") ; result to display
271 (ielm-wbuf ielm-working-buffer) ; current buffer after evaluation
272 (ielm-pmark (ielm-pm)))
273 (if (not (ielm-is-whitespace ielm-string))
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274 (progn
275 (condition-case err
276 (let (rout)
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277 (setq rout (read-from-string ielm-string))
278 (setq ielm-form (car rout))
279 (setq ielm-pos (cdr rout)))
280 (error (setq ielm-result (ielm-format-error err))
281 (setq ielm-error-type "Read error")))
282 (if ielm-error-type nil
283 ;; Make sure working buffer has not been killed
284 (if (not (buffer-name ielm-working-buffer))
285 (setq ielm-result "Working buffer has been killed"
286 ielm-error-type "IELM Error"
287 ielm-wbuf (current-buffer))
288 (if (ielm-is-whitespace (substring ielm-string ielm-pos))
289 ;; need this awful let convolution to work around
290 ;; an Emacs bug involving local vbls and let binding
291 (let ((:save :)
292 (::save ::)
293 (:::save :::))
294 (save-excursion
295 (set-buffer ielm-working-buffer)
296 (condition-case err
297 (let ((: :save)
298 (:: ::save)
299 (::: :::save)
300 (ielm-obuf (current-buffer)))
301 (setq ielm-result (eval ielm-form))
302 (setq ielm-wbuf (current-buffer))
303 ;; The eval may have changed current-buffer;
304 ;; need to set it back here to avoid a bug
305 ;; in let. Don't want to use save-excursion
306 ;; because we want to allow changes in point.
307 (set-buffer ielm-obuf))
308 (error (setq ielm-result (ielm-format-error err))
309 (setq ielm-error-type "Eval error"))
310 (quit (setq ielm-result "Quit during evaluation")
311 (setq ielm-error-type "Eval error")))))
312 (setq ielm-error-type "IELM error")
313 (setq ielm-result "More than one sexp in input"))))
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314
315 ;; If the eval changed the current buffer, mention it here
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316 (if (eq ielm-wbuf ielm-working-buffer) nil
317 (message "current buffer is now: %s" ielm-wbuf)
318 (setq ielm-working-buffer ielm-wbuf))
813f532d 319
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320 (goto-char ielm-pmark)
321 (if (not ielm-error-type)
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322 (condition-case err
323 ;; Self-referential objects cause loops in the printer, so
324 ;; trap quits here. May as well do errors, too
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325 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output (pp-to-string ielm-result)))
326 (error (setq ielm-error-type "IELM Error")
327 (setq ielm-result "Error during pretty-printing (bug in pp)"))
328 (quit (setq ielm-error-type "IELM Error")
329 (setq ielm-result "Quit during pretty-printing"))))
330 (if ielm-error-type
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331 (progn
332 (if ielm-noisy (ding))
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333 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output "*** " ielm-error-type " *** "))
334 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output ielm-result)))
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335 ;; There was no error, so shift the ::: values
336 (setq ::: ::)
337 (setq :: :)
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338 (setq : ielm-result))
339 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output "\n"))))
340 (setq ielm-output (concat ielm-output ielm-prompt))
341 (comint-output-filter (ielm-process) ielm-output)))
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342
343;;; Process and marker utilities
344
345(defun ielm-process nil
e848854a 346 ;; Return the current buffer's process.
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347 (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
348
349(defun ielm-pm nil
e848854a 350 ;; Return the process mark of the current buffer.
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351 (process-mark (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))))
352
353(defun ielm-set-pm (pos)
e848854a 354 ;; Set the process mark in the current buffer to POS.
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355 (set-marker (process-mark (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))) pos))
356
357;;; Major mode
358
359(defun inferior-emacs-lisp-mode nil
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360 "Major mode for interactively evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions.
361Uses the interface provided by `comint-mode' (which see).
362
363* \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-send-input] evaluates the sexp following the prompt. There must be at most
364 one top-level sexp per prompt.
813f532d 365
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366* \\[ielm-return] inserts a newline and indents, or evaluates a
367 complete expression (but see variable `ielm-dynamic-return').
368 Inputs longer than one line are moved to the line following the
369 prompt (but see variable `ielm-dynamic-multiline-inputs').
370
371* \\[comint-dynamic-complete] completes Lisp symbols (or filenames, within strings),
372 or indents the line if there is nothing to complete.
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373
374During evaluations, the values of the variables `:', `::', and `:::'
375are the results of the previous, second previous and third previous
376evaluations respectively.
377
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378The current working buffer may be changed (with a call to
379`set-buffer', or with \\[ielm-change-working-buffer]), and its value
380is preserved between successive evaluations. In this way, expressions
381may be evaluated in a different buffer than the *ielm* buffer.
382Display the name of the working buffer with \\[ielm-print-working-buffer],
383or the buffer itself with \\[ielm-display-working-buffer].
813f532d 384
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385Expressions evaluated by IELM are not subject to `debug-on-quit' or
386`debug-on-error'.
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387
388The behaviour of IELM may be customised with the following variables:
389* To stop beeping on error, set `ielm-noisy' to nil
390* If you don't like the prompt, you can change it by setting `ielm-prompt'.
391* Set `ielm-dynamic-return' to nil for bindings like `lisp-interaction-mode'
392* Entry to this mode runs `comint-mode-hook' and `ielm-mode-hook'
393 (in that order).
394
395Customised bindings may be defined in `ielm-map', which currently contains:
396\\{ielm-map}"
397 (interactive)
398 (comint-mode)
399 (setq comint-prompt-regexp (concat "^" (regexp-quote ielm-prompt)))
400 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
401 (setq paragraph-start comint-prompt-regexp)
402 (setq comint-input-sender 'ielm-input-sender)
403 (setq comint-process-echoes nil)
404 (setq comint-dynamic-complete-functions
405 '(ielm-tab comint-replace-by-expanded-history ielm-complete-filename ielm-complete-symbol))
e848854a 406 (setq comint-get-old-input 'ielm-get-old-input)
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407
408 (setq major-mode 'inferior-emacs-lisp-mode)
409 (setq mode-name "IELM")
410 (use-local-map ielm-map)
411 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
412
413 (make-local-variable 'indent-line-function)
414 (make-local-variable 'ielm-working-buffer)
415 (setq ielm-working-buffer (current-buffer))
416 (setq indent-line-function 'ielm-indent-line)
417
e848854a 418 ;; Value holders
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419 (setq : nil)
420 (make-local-variable ':)
421 (setq :: nil)
422 (make-local-variable '::)
423 (setq ::: nil)
424 (make-local-variable ':::)
425
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426 ;; font-lock support
427 (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults)
428 (setq font-lock-defaults
429 '(ielm-font-lock-keywords nil nil ((?: . "w") (?- . "w") (?* . "w"))))
430
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431 ;; A dummy process to keep comint happy. It will never get any input
432 (if (comint-check-proc (current-buffer)) nil
433 (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "cat")
434 (process-kill-without-query (ielm-process))
435 (goto-char (point-max))
436 ;; Add a silly header
437 (insert ielm-header)
438 (ielm-set-pm (point-max))
439 (comint-output-filter (ielm-process) ielm-prompt)
440 (set-marker comint-last-input-start (ielm-pm))
441 (set-process-filter (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) 'comint-output-filter))
442 (run-hooks 'ielm-mode-hook))
443
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444(defun ielm-get-old-input nil
445 ;; Return the previous input surrounding point
446 (save-excursion
447 (beginning-of-line)
448 (if (looking-at comint-prompt-regexp) nil
449 (re-search-backward comint-prompt-regexp))
450 (comint-skip-prompt)
451 (buffer-substring (point) (progn (forward-sexp 1) (point)))))
452
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453;;; User command
454
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455;;;###autoload (add-hook 'same-window-buffer-names "*ielm*")
456
e848854a 457;;;###autoload
813f532d 458(defun ielm nil
e848854a 459 "Interactively evaluate Emacs Lisp expressions.
9e983c78 460Switches to the buffer `*ielm*', or creates it if it does not exist."
813f532d 461 (interactive)
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462 (if (comint-check-proc "*ielm*")
463 nil
464 (save-excursion
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465 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*ielm*"))
466 (inferior-emacs-lisp-mode)))
9e983c78 467 (pop-to-buffer "*ielm*"))
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e848854a 469;;; ielm.el ends here