Function: ibuffer-do-view-and-eval

ibuffer-do-view-and-eval is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in ibuf-ext.el.gz.

Signature

(ibuffer-do-view-and-eval FORM)

Documentation

Evaluate FORM while displaying each of the marked buffers.

To evaluate a form without viewing the buffer, see ibuffer-do-eval.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/ibuf-ext.el.gz
;;;###autoload (autoload 'ibuffer-do-view-and-eval "ibuf-ext")
(define-ibuffer-op view-and-eval (form)
  "Evaluate FORM while displaying each of the marked buffers.
To evaluate a form without viewing the buffer, see `ibuffer-do-eval'."
  (:interactive
   (list
    (read-from-minibuffer
     "Eval viewing in buffers (form): "
     nil read-expression-map t 'read-expression-history))
   :opstring "evaluated in"
   :complex t
   :modifier-p :maybe)
  (let ((ibuffer-buf (current-buffer)))
    (unwind-protect
	(progn
	  (switch-to-buffer buf)
	  (eval form t))
      (switch-to-buffer ibuffer-buf))))