* interactive function calls
@ 2008-06-09 9:43 Richard G Riley
2008-06-09 16:46 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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From: Richard G Riley @ 2008-06-09 9:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I have this in my .emacs
(define-key mode-specific-map [?F] 'fortune-from-region)
The problem is that in the code for fortune-append we see something
like:
,----
| (unless interactive
| (save-buffer)
| (if fortune-always-compile
| (fortune-compile file)))))
|
`----
Following a chat on #emacs on irc, I tried creating my own rgrfortune
function which was then called from the key binding and then I was told
it would call 'fortune-from-region "non interactively" - but this did not
work e.g
,----
| (defun rgrfortune()
| (fortune-from-region (region-beginning) (region-end) fortune-file))
|
| (define-key mode-specific-map [?F] (lambda()(interactive)(rgrfortune)))
`----
The reason I want it called "non interactive" is simply that thats
the way to save and compile the fortune file as the fortune-append
snippet above shows.
How to do it?
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2008-06-09 9:43 interactive function calls Richard G Riley
@ 2008-06-09 16:46 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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From: Nikolaj Schumacher @ 2008-06-09 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard G Riley; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have this in my .emacs
>
> (define-key mode-specific-map [?F] 'fortune-from-region)
>
> The problem is that in the code for fortune-append we see something
> like:
>
> ,----
> | (unless interactive
> | (save-buffer)
> | (if fortune-always-compile
> | (fortune-compile file)))))
> |
> `----
>
> Following a chat on #emacs on irc, I tried creating my own rgrfortune
> function which was then called from the key binding and then I was told
> it would call 'fortune-from-region "non interactively" - but this did not
> work
From reading the code I gather that `interactive' in the code has
nothing to do with whether it is called interactively. Rather,
`interactive' is an argument that is set to t by `fortune-from-region',
regardless if called interactively or not.
Here's the line from `fortune-from-region':
(fortune-append string t file)
^
So, working around that is not that easy.
> The reason I want it called "non interactive" is simply that thats
> the way to save and compile the fortune file as the fortune-append
> snippet above shows.
If I understand you correctly, couldn't you just call those lines
yourself? Something like this...
(defun rgrfortune (beg end file)
(interactive (list (region-beginning) (region-end)
(if current-prefix-arg (fortune-ask-file))))
(fortune-from-region beg end file)
(save-buffer)
(fortune-compile file))
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
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* Re: interactive function calls
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@ 2008-06-09 18:53 ` Richard G Riley
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From: Richard G Riley @ 2008-06-09 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Nikolaj Schumacher <n_schumacher@web.de> writes:
> Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have this in my .emacs
>>
>> (define-key mode-specific-map [?F] 'fortune-from-region)
>>
>> The problem is that in the code for fortune-append we see something
>> like:
>>
>> ,----
>> | (unless interactive
>> | (save-buffer)
>> | (if fortune-always-compile
>> | (fortune-compile file)))))
>> |
>> `----
>>
>> Following a chat on #emacs on irc, I tried creating my own rgrfortune
>> function which was then called from the key binding and then I was told
>> it would call 'fortune-from-region "non interactively" - but this did not
>> work
>
> From reading the code I gather that `interactive' in the code has
> nothing to do with whether it is called interactively. Rather,
> `interactive' is an argument that is set to t by `fortune-from-region',
> regardless if called interactively or not.
>
> Here's the line from `fortune-from-region':
>
> (fortune-append string t file)
> ^
>
> So, working around that is not that easy.
>
>> The reason I want it called "non interactive" is simply that thats
>> the way to save and compile the fortune file as the fortune-append
>> snippet above shows.
>
> If I understand you correctly, couldn't you just call those lines
> yourself? Something like this...
>
> (defun rgrfortune (beg end file)
> (interactive (list (region-beginning) (region-end)
> (if current-prefix-arg (fortune-ask-file))))
> (fortune-from-region beg end file)
> (save-buffer)
> (fortune-compile file))
>
>
> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher
Aargh. I misread the code there. I was convinced it was something to do
with the interactive nature of calling code from a key bind.
Thanks - that worked fine.
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