From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14206: 24.3.50; doc string of `execute-kbd-macro' Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:56:11 +0300 Message-ID: <83shy4x5ro.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vbwpstlo.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87vbwpkqba.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87k2jh1fea.fsf@gnus.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461913048 19133 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 06:57:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:57:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com, 14206@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 08:57:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2MT-0004O1-U0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:57:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52610 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2MT-0001Ue-Gh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:57:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38627) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2MM-0001Pz-O3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:57:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2MI-0007Yz-No for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:57:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:41572) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2MI-0007Yv-Kd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2MI-0005B4-F9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14206 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14206-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14206.146191300219877 (code B ref 14206); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14206) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 06:56:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53909 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2Lu-0005AT-6J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:56:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47536) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2Lo-0005AC-I3 for 14206@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:56:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2Le-0007SP-IN for 14206@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:56:27 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2Le-0007SK-F6; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:56:22 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4188 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aw2Ld-0002p6-J4; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:56:22 -0400 In-reply-to: <87k2jh1fea.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:29:17 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117145 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 01:29:17 +0200 > Cc: 14206@debbugs.gnu.org > > Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > > > Kevin Rodgers writes: > > > >>> (defun foo () "foo") > >>> > >>> (execute-kbd-macro 'foo) > >>> > >>> -> > >>> > >>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Keyboard macros must be > >>> strings or vectors") > >>> execute-kbd-macro(foo) > >>> eval((execute-kbd-macro (quote foo)) nil) > > > > So is the "If MACRO is a symbol, its function definition is used." thing > > wrong? > > This is what Fexecute_kbd_macro does: > > final = indirect_function (macro); > if (!STRINGP (final) && !VECTORP (final)) > error ("Keyboard macros must be strings or vectors"); > > In what contexts can a function end up being a string? Uhm... If > somebody has said > > (fset 'foo "bar") > > ? No, I think (fset 'foo "\M-:"). IOW, an indirect function could produce a macro, right? In general, keyboard macros produce strings like that, which I'm sure you know, so I'm not sure if I understand your question.