defun in global-set-key

defun in global-set-key

[Rodrigo Canellas]

hi,


I defined this in '.emacs' this function:

(defun indent-all (interactive) ()
  (mark-whole-buffer)
  (indent-region)
  )

and associated to a key:

(global-set-key [f2] 'indent-all)


But when I load a file and press F2, the whole buffer is selected, but the 
'indent-region' fails, and a long and uncompreensible message is displayed in 
the mini-buffer. 

Does anyone know what am I doing wrong?

Thanks, 
  Rodrigo 

Re: defun in global-set-key

[Pascal Bourguignon]

Rodrigo Canellas <r.canellas@terra.com.br> writes:

> hi,
> 
> 
> I defined this in '.emacs' this function:
> 
> (defun indent-all (interactive) ()
>   (mark-whole-buffer)
>   (indent-region)
>   )
> 
> and associated to a key:
> 
> (global-set-key [f2] 'indent-all)
> 
> 
> But when I load a file and press F2, the whole buffer is selected, but the 
> 'indent-region' fails, and a long and uncompreensible message is displayed in 
> the mini-buffer. 
> 
> Does anyone know what am I doing wrong?

interactive is a declaration. That must be written after the arguments
and documentation string:

(defun indent-all ()
    "Will idnent the whole buffer."
    (interactive)
    (mark-whole-buffer)
    (indent-region))

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Re: defun in global-set-key

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

Rodrigo Canellas <r.canellas@terra.com.br> writes:

> (defun indent-all (interactive) ()
>   (mark-whole-buffer)
>   (indent-region)
>   )

you can also try:

(global-set-key [f2]
  (defun indent-all () (interactive)
    (indent-region (point-min) (point-max))))

thi

Re: defun in global-set-key

[Joakim Hove]

Rodrigo Canellas <r.canellas@terra.com.br> writes:


> Does anyone know what am I doing wrong?

A debugging tip:

Try out your function with M-x indent-all before binding it to a
key. In your case you would then see that the problem was with the
function defenition, and not with the keybinding. 


Joakim

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