(defun skeleton-read (prompt &optional initial-input recursive)
"Function for reading a string from the minibuffer within skeletons.
-PROMPT must be a string or a form that evaluates to a string.
+PROMPT must be a string or a function that evaluates to a string.
+It may also be a form that evaluates to a string (deprecated).
It may contain a `%s' which will be replaced by `skeleton-subprompt'.
If non-nil second arg INITIAL-INPUT or variable `input' is a string or
cons with index to insert before reading. If third arg RECURSIVE is non-nil
;; before point.
(save-excursion (insert "\n")))
(unwind-protect
- (setq prompt (if (stringp prompt)
- (read-string (format prompt skeleton-subprompt)
- (setq initial-input
- (or initial-input
- (symbol-value 'input))))
- (eval prompt)))
+ (setq prompt (cond ((stringp prompt)
+ (read-string (format prompt skeleton-subprompt)
+ (setq initial-input
+ (or initial-input
+ (symbol-value 'input)))))
+ ((functionp prompt)
+ (funcall prompt))
+ (t (eval prompt))))
(or eolp
(delete-char 1))))
(if (and recursive
(insert ?\s)
(insert (funcall skeleton-transformation-function
(setq attribute
- (skeleton-read '(completing-read
- "Attribute: "
- alist)))))
+ (skeleton-read (lambda ()
+ (completing-read
+ "Attribute: "
+ alist))))))
(if (string= "" attribute)
(setq i 0)
(sgml-value (assoc (downcase attribute) alist))
(if (and (eq (car alist) t) (not sgml-xml-mode))
(when (cdr alist)
(insert "=\"")
- (setq alist (skeleton-read '(completing-read "Value: " (cdr alist))))
+ (setq alist (skeleton-read (lambda ()
+ (completing-read
+ "Value: " (cdr alist)))))
(if (string< "" alist)
(insert alist ?\")
(delete-char -2)))
(insert "=\"")
(if (cdr alist)
- (insert (skeleton-read '(completing-read "Value: " alist)))
+ (insert (skeleton-read (lambda ()
+ (completing-read "Value: " alist))))
(when (null alist)
(insert (skeleton-read '(read-string "Value: ")))))
(insert ?\"))))