Date: 22 Jul 2003 18:04:26 -0700 From: LLeweLLyn Reese <llewelly@lifesupport.shutdown.com> To: "Fredrik =?iso-8859-1?q?Carl=E9n?=" <baterista@arrhythmetic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off-topic Emacs question Message-ID: <x3k7aa12at.fsf@lifesupport.shutdown.com> In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200307222004.AA04520296@arrhythmetic.net> References: <WorldClient-F200307222004.AA04520296@arrhythmetic.net>
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"Fredrik Carl=E9n" <baterista@arrhythmetic.net> writes:
> I know, this is non-specific to FreeBSD, but I have learned to love you=20
> all on this list, and this should be an easy nut to crack (as we say=20
> idiomatically at least here in Sweden...):
>=20
> I want to define key bindings for the function sgml-tag
> like this
> (global-set-key "\C-t" 'sgml-tag)
>=20
> But I don't want it to be interactive: For speedy markup, I would like to=
=20
> be able to do something like=20
> (sgml-tag "head" -1)
>=20
> ...but I need to do it when defining a key binding, something like this I=
=20
> thought, but Emacs tells me "No":
> (global-set-key "\C-t" (sgml-tag "head" -1))
>=20
> Isn't it possible to bind complete function calls to keys? It must
> be...
(global-set-key "\C-t" (lambda () (interactive) (sgml-tag "head" -1)))
'lambda' is necessary to create a function. '()' means it takes no
arguments. '(interactive)' means the function may be called
interactivly.=20
>=20
> The doc for global-set-key only says
> -------------------------------------------------
> global-set-key is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `subr'.
> (global-set-key KEY COMMAND)
[snip]
C-h i g (emacs) Init Rebinding
or=20
http://www.gnu.org/manual/emacs/html_node/emacs_497.html#SEC497
for general rebinding instructions.
C-h i g (emacs-lisp-intro) Interactive
or
http://www.gnu.org/manual/emacs-lisp-intro/html_node/Interactive.html
for writing interactive functions.
Note: the second emacs command may require
# cd /usr/ports/lang/emacs-lisp-intro
# make install clean
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