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Reading Lisp Objects with the Minibuffer

This section describes functions for reading Lisp objects with the minibuffer.

Function: read-minibuffer prompt &optional initial -
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This function reads a Lisp object using the minibuffer, and returns it without evaluating it. The arguments prompt and initial are used as in read-from-minibuffer.

This is a simplified interface to the read-from-minibuffer function: 

(read-minibuffer prompt initial)
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-(let (minibuffer-allow-text-properties)
-  (read-from-minibuffer prompt initial nil t))
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Here is an example in which we supply the string "(testing)" as initial input: 

(read-minibuffer
- "Enter an expression: " (format "%s" '(testing)))
-
-;; Here is how the minibuffer is displayed:
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---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ----------
-Enter an expression: (testing)∗
----------- Buffer: Minibuffer ----------
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The user can type RET immediately to use the initial input as a default, or can edit the input.

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Function: eval-minibuffer prompt &optional initial -
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This function reads a Lisp expression using the minibuffer, evaluates it, then returns the result. The arguments prompt and initial are used as in read-from-minibuffer.

This function simply evaluates the result of a call to read-minibuffer: 

(eval-minibuffer prompt initial)
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-(eval (read-minibuffer prompt initial))
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Function: edit-and-eval-command prompt form -
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This function reads a Lisp expression in the minibuffer, evaluates it, then returns the result. The difference between this command and eval-minibuffer is that here the initial form is not optional and it is treated as a Lisp object to be converted to printed representation rather than as a string of text. It is printed with prin1, so if it is a string, double-quote characters (‘"’) appear in the initial text. See Output Functions.

In the following example, we offer the user an expression with initial text that is already a valid form: 

(edit-and-eval-command "Please edit: " '(forward-word 1))
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-;; After evaluation of the preceding expression,
-;;   the following appears in the minibuffer:
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---------- Buffer: Minibuffer ----------
-Please edit: (forward-word 1)∗
----------- Buffer: Minibuffer ----------
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Typing RET right away would exit the minibuffer and evaluate the expression, thus moving point forward one word.

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