When emacsclient open with eval using use-package it opens waiting M-x

Question

I am trying to create a bash alias to open emacs with a calendar from terminal. To do so I am using calfw with use-package like so:

(use-package calfw
  :ensure ;TODO:
  :config
  (require 'calfw)
  (require 'calfw-org)
  (setq cfw:org-overwrite-default-keybinding t)
  (require 'calfw-ical)
  :bind ("C-c q" . 'cfw:open-org-calendar))

When I try to do

em --eval "(execute-extended-command (cfw:open-org-calendar))"

it opens with the calendar open, but it waits for a M-x command

Not sure what I am doing wrong.

Thx!

Answer 1

Look at the help for execute-extended-command (via C-h f execute-extended-command):

It is bound to , , M-x.

(execute-extended-command PREFIXARG &optional COMMAND-NAME TYPED)

This function is for interactive use only; in Lisp code use ‘command-execute’ instead.

Read a command name, then read the arguments and call the command. To pass a prefix argument to the command you are invoking, give a prefix argument to ‘execute-extended-command’.

This tells us that execute-extended-command is for interactively prompting the user for the name of a command to run. It is the command that is run when you enter M-x, so it makes sense that your client opens with the M-x prompt waiting for you.

If you want to execute a function in elisp, you just need to call that function, you don't need to wrap it in execute-extended-command:

em --eval "(cfw:open-org-calendar)"