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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-07-25 16:24:58 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-07-25 16:24:58 +0000
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(eval-print-last-sexp, eval-defun):
Mention the effect of eval-expression-print-length and eval-expression-print-level. Suggested by Kevin Gallagher <kevingal@onramp.net>.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
index 6e476ab8fcf..062bb7534a2 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
@@ -308,7 +308,11 @@ Entry to this mode calls the value of `lisp-interaction-mode-hook'
if that value is non-nil.")
(defun eval-print-last-sexp ()
- "Evaluate sexp before point; print value into current buffer."
+ "Evaluate sexp before point; print value into current buffer.
+
+Note that printing the result is controlled by the variables
+`eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level',
+which see."
(interactive)
(let ((standard-output (current-buffer)))
(terpri)
@@ -467,7 +471,9 @@ instrumented, `Edebug: FUNCTION' is printed in the minibuffer. If not
instrumented, just FUNCTION is printed.
If not acting on a `defun', the result of evaluation is displayed in
-the minibuffer."
+the minibuffer. This display is controlled by the variables
+`eval-expression-print-length' and `eval-expression-print-level',
+which see."
(interactive "P")
(cond (edebug-it
(require 'edebug)