GNU bug report logs - #19115
25.0.50; give users an easy way to control how much info `eval-expression' prints

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; give users an easy way to control how much info
 `eval-expression' prints
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:05:57 -0800 (PST)

See this user question, which was asked to find a way to work around the
annoyance of printing more information than the OP wanted to see:
http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/3738/105

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 118168 rgm <at> gnu.org-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'

Message #8 received at 19115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 19115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19115: 25.0.50;
 give users an easy way to control how much info `eval-expression'
 prints
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:16:43 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> See this user question, which was asked to find a way to work around the
> annoyance of printing more information than the OP wanted to see:
> http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/3738/105

That's a question about not displaying the character (and hex etc)
values of integers?  Yes, perhaps that should be a user toggle?
`eval-expression-print-integer' with default value `verbose'?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 19115 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19115: 25.0.50; give users an easy way to control how much
 info `eval-expression' prints
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 04:04:46 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>
>> See this user question, which was asked to find a way to work around the
>> annoyance of printing more information than the OP wanted to see:
>> http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/3738/105
>
> That's a question about not displaying the character (and hex etc)
> values of integers?  Yes, perhaps that should be a user toggle?
> `eval-expression-print-integer' with default value `verbose'?

This already exists as `eval-expression-print-maximum-character'.
Closing.

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