Re: Invoking electirc command programmatically

[Tim X <timx@spamto.devnul.com>]

PT <mailshield.gg@mailnull.com> writes:

> I have this electric function which inserts the character it is bound
> to  and does something else too.
>
> (defun my-electric-character (&optional arg)
>    "Insert the typed character and pop up a completion buffer"
>    (interactive "P")
>    (self-insert-command (prefix-numeric-value arg))
>    ...)
>
> How can I invoke this function from my program with a certain
> character,  so that it behaves just like if the user typed the
> character on the  keyboard?
>
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See abbrevs in the manual - I think its under autotyping or something
similar. It will allow you to define an abbrev for a character which
causes a certain function to be called anytime the user hits that
character. A number of standard modes use this technique.

Tim

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