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Re: next-line question

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From: Randal L. Schwartz
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1991 18:22
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In article <1991Jul9.172453.26795@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, pauld@stowe (Paul Barton-Davis) writes:
| This is "expensive", but works. I'd like a "cheaper" way, but I'm sure
| one will show up ...
| 
| (defun only-next-line (&optional line)
|   (interactive "p")
|   (if (= 1 (save-excursion (forward-line 1)))
|       (beep)
|     (next-line line)))

Stolen from some other net article:

(defun next-line (arg)
  (interactive "p")
  (previous-line (- arg))		; cheating (:-)
  nil)

Just another Elisp hacker,
-- 
/=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\
| on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III      |
| merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn |
\=Cute Quote: "Intel: putting the 'backward' in 'backward compatible'..."====/
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From: merlyn@iWarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: next-line question
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