Function: view-register

view-register is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in register.el.gz.

Signature

(view-register REGISTER)

Documentation

Display what is contained in register named REGISTER.

The Lisp value REGISTER is a character.

Interactively, reads the register using register-read-with-preview.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/register.el.gz
(defun view-register (register)
  "Display what is contained in register named REGISTER.
The Lisp value REGISTER is a character.

Interactively, reads the register using `register-read-with-preview'."
  (interactive (list (register-read-with-preview "View register: ")))
  (let ((val (get-register register)))
    (if (null val)
	(message "Register %s is empty" (single-key-description register))
      (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Output*"
	(describe-register-1 register t)))))