insert image into text buffer

Question

If I place

(insert-image (create-image \"/tmp/test.png\"))

in a buffer, place the cursor after the last parenthesis and evaluate it with

Answer 1

If you don't want the text (actually lisp code) in the buffer, don't type it into the buffer in the first place. Try M-x eval-expression and enter your lisp code after the Eval prompt:

(insert-image (create-image "/tmp/test.png"))

Then the image is inserted at point in the buffer. You can define a function like this:

(defun my-insert-image () (interactive) (insert-image (create-image "/tmp/test.png")))

Either type M-x eval-expression and the above defun or type it into a buffer and C-x C-e after it. Then you can insert the image using M-x my-insert-image.