Re: general-purpose.el - a general-forms-resource-utility

[Andreas Roehler]

Richard Stallman schrieb:
>     Just today I saw
>
>     (defun region-around-match (&optional n)
>       (set-mark (match-beginning n))
>       (goto-char (match-end n)))
>
>     (defun region-to-string ()
>       (buffer-substring (min (point) (mark)) (max (point) (mark))))
>
>     in mlsupport.el.
>
> These are not useful.  There are other good ways to do these things.
>   
OK. But which? Where and how to find it quickly?

What I tried to say is: The sources are full of
paralell defined subroutines - more or less useful and
suitable.

There are at least six different scattered string-strip
definitions I esteem.

Why not think about a way to relate and reflect these
different - already exiting and delivered -
definitions?

__
Andreas Roehler

PS. Probably the message's subject should not say `a
general-forms-resource-utility', rather `towards a
general-forms-resource-utility' - that's to late
now. :)