Re: clear-kill-ring function

[Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>]

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In article <mailman.1159.1445970298.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> wrote:

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun qdot/clear-kill-ring ()
>   "Clear the kill ring variable"
>   (setq kill-ring nil))
> (global-set-key (kbd "s-/") 'qdot/clear-kill-ring)
> #+end_src
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> However when I do "s-/" emacs replied with
> 
> ¢~¢w¢w¢w¢w
> ¢x(wrong-type-argument commandp qdot/clear-kill-ring) in 
> ad-Advice-call-interactively
> ¢¢¢w¢w¢w¢w
> 
> So what should I have in my function please to get it working properly?

You forgot to put (interactive) in qdot/clear-kill-ring, to indicate 
that it's a command, not just an ordinary function.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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