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I know I can evaluate Elisp expressions from scratch buffer with C-j after the expression. How do I do it from another buffer?

April 26, 2017buffer elisp expression expressions

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I know I can evaluate Elisp expressions from *scratch* buffer with C-j after the expression. How do I do it from another buffer?

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Press M-: (the default binding of eval-expression), and enter the expression to the minibuffer. In XEmacs prior to 19.15 eval-expression used to be a disabled command by default. If this is the case, upgrade your XEmacs.