From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Keisuke Nishida <kxn30@po.cwru.edu>
To: guile-emacs@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: New module (emacs io)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:07:00 -0000
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X-SW-Source: 2000-q1/msg00057.html

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi> writes:

> I have added a new module, (emacs io).  It redirects Scheme
> input and output ports to Emacs functions so that
> with-output-to-temp-buffer affects (display ...) too.
> I think this redirection should be the default for Emacs Scheme.

Sounds good.

> In the current version, just loading the module redirects the
> ports.  Should the module instead export a procedure which does
> the redirection when it is called?

I think it is not necessary but this module should be optional;
the user should be able to choose whether or not to use it.
(I sometimes used display to the terminal for debugging...)
We will turn this to the default some time later on.