Re: Buttons in help buffer that displays contents of variables

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

------- Original Message -------
On Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 at 2:40 AM, Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> wrote:


> I want to use a button to display the contents of a variable inside
> a help buffer, but the following gives
> 
> (wrong-number-of-arguments ((t) nil "Function to be executed when the button is clicked..." (interactive) (message "Button clicked!")) 1)
> my-action(#<overlay from 1 to 8 in Help>)
> 

Why does pressing the button give me such error ?
 
> 
> (defconst myvar "Text of Front A")
> 
> (defun my-action ()
> "Function to be executed when the button is clicked."
> (interactive)
> (message "%s" myvar))
> 
> (defun qrh ()
> "Some description."
> 
> (interactive)
> 
> (with-help-window (help-buffer)
> (insert-button "Front A" 'action 'my-action 'follow-link t)))