Invoking electirc command programmatically

Invoking electirc command programmatically

[PT]

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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Re: Invoking electirc command programmatically

[rgb]

PT wrote:
> 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?
>
> --
> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

I believe you want to set last-command-event before calling
my-electric-character.  I don't know where/if it's documented
but experience shows self-insert-command inserts the value
it finds in last-command-event.

Re: Invoking electirc command programmatically

[Tim X]

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?
>
> -- 
> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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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