Re: `align-regexp' fails in Lisp code

[Le Wang <l26wang@gmail.com>]

I can find at least 4 variations of this question on stackoverflow.

This answer describes what's happening well:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/12975000/903943

Essentially, the parameters received by the function are pre-processed
by interactive forms, so you're not calling it correctly.

See also difference between function and command, interactive forms
sections of the docs.


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to run `align-regexp' from Lisp code, but it fails with
> the error "align-region: Marker does not point anywhere".
>
> Here is the specification of `align-regexp':
>
> ---
>
>     (align-regexp BEG END REGEXP &optional GROUP SPACING REPEAT)
>
> Align the current region using an ad-hoc rule read from the
> minibuffer.  BEG and END mark the limits of the region.
>
> ---
>
> Here is my Lisp code:
>
>     (align-regexp (point-min) (point-max) " hides ")
>
> Marking the whole buffer and calling `align-regexp' interactively does
> work, though.
>
> Tried with "emacs -Q".  I'm using GNU Emacs 24.3.1.
>
> Thank you for your attention.
>
>
>
>



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