Re: Read-string with pointer at start of initial value

[Emanuel Berg]

Whitfield Diffie wrote:

> I want to call read-string with the pointer
> at the start of the initial value so that
> I can delete it and type something else if it
> is not right.

Try

    (read-string "enter a string: " "suggestion")

Here, you can hit M-DEL for `backward-kill-word'
to delete "suggestion" just as fast as you
would if point was at the first letter (that'd
instead be M-d for `kill-word').

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