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From: [e-mail] (Wayne Mesard)
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Subject: Re: Cursor appearing in buffer during interactive command
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Date: 29 Jul 92 20:51:43 GMT
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[e-mail] (Randy J. Ray) writes:
> I have a command that goes through a buffer and deletes any line that
> contains a specified pattern. I used it to delete lines marked with a
> debugging comment.  It has the option of being interactive, where it
> queries you prior to each delete. When it does this, the cursor is in
> the minibuffer, at the end of the query. I would like it to be in the
> buffer, at the point that the search-forward has it at, a la
> query-replace.

read-char is what you want to know about.  As in:

    (defun mumble ()
      (interactive)
      (message "query-deleting lines:")
      (let ((inp (read-char)))
    (if (char-equal ?\n inp)
        ...don't do it...
      ...do it...
    ))

BTW, Emacs already has a function called delete-matching-lines (aka
flush-lines) which sounds like the non-interactive version of your
function.
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