Re: Basic emacs lisp question

[Phillip Lord]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>>> (let ((a (thing-at-point 'word)))
>>>>   (message a)))
>>> And if the word at point includes % you'll get an error.
>>> *Always* pass a format string to `message':
>>> (message "%s" (thing-at-point 'word))))
>> I *think* (thing-at-point 'word) doesn't normally return a %, at least
>> not from .signature, so I'm in the clear!
>
> Might be the case, but why think when you can just use "%s" is move on?


Can't argue with that. Spend too much of my life thinking, so less is
welcome.

Phil