Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp

[steve-humphreys]

> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 at 11:52 AM
> From: "Robert Pluim" <rpluim@gmail.com>
> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
> Cc: "Philip K." <philipk@posteo.net>, "Help Gnu Emacs" 
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs 
> Lisp
>
> steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:
>
> >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 at 11:18 AM
> >> From: "Philip K." <philipk@posteo.net>
> >> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
> >> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> >> Subject: Re: ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in 
> >> Emacs Lisp
> >>
> >> steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:
> >>
> >> > ielm not described in: An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp.
> >> >
> >> > Yet there are many reasons for beginners to use ielm.  Have some
> >> > examples and beginners will get more productive using it as they
> >> > delve into new things.
> >>
> >> I guess it's not mentioned, because it is not necessary, and at least to
> >> my knowledge, most people will be using C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp) and
> >> C-M-x (eval-defun) in the *scratch* buffer. Using a REPL, when you can
> >> evaluate any part of a buffer seems like a step back to me.
> >
> > I think ielm has more features than just plain evaluation.
> >
>
> The one I use most is `ielm-change-working-buffer', which is massively
> convenient, and not documented anywhere I can see.

Seems there exists a need to document it, because people do like to use it.

> Robert
>