From: Andre Kuehne <andre.kuehne@gmx.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Newbie: Unable to write a custom function
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:52:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4571F5B5.8050306@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1165094606.836594.304590@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
deech wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am new to Emacs. I have written a new search function into my .emacs
> file but I am unable to invoke it with M-x when I restart Emacs. There
> are no error messages when Emacs starts up. Here is the code:
>
> ;;Search backwards from a point for a string. If found delete
> ;;all characters from that string to the point.
> ;;Eg Given the argument 't', 'alligator' becomes 'alliga'
> (defun isearch-backward-tophrase ()
> (set-mark-command ())
> (isearch-backward )
> (kill-region ()())
> )
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
You have to use the (interactive) special form to make your
funtion invokable with M-x:
(defun isearch-backward-tophrase ()
(interactive)
...
Regards
Andre
> Thanks...
> Deech
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-02 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-02 21:23 Newbie: Unable to write a custom function deech
2006-12-02 21:52 ` Andre Kuehne [this message]
2006-12-03 0:06 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-12-04 9:03 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-12-06 17:49 ` Uber_Micro
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