Questions tagged [interactive]
`interactive` spec of an Emacs-Lisp command (function invocable using `M-x` or a key binding)
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Using defadvice to add an interactive argument to a non-interactive function?
Is there a way to wrap a non-interactive function within defadvice so that the new function can accept an interactive argument which can alter the way that the wrapped function gets called?
In other ...
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How to avoid the prompt in `revert-buffer` [duplicate]
I'm trying to get rid of the annoying prompt at the end of revert-buffer. This prompt would make sense in a lesser text editor where reverting the buffer is an irreversible action (pardon the pun). ...
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command print no results with (interactive "r")
Consider this test function (tested in emacs -q):
(defun foo (start end)
"for testing purposes"
(interactive "r")
(when (region-active-p)
(cons start end)))
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How to pass a string argument to a function from global-set-key definition inside .emacs
Inside my .emacs file I have these two functions:
(defun bh/switch-to-vs ()
(interactive)
(universal-argument)
(shell "*vs*"))
(defun bh/switch-to-android ()
(interactive)
(...
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Pass arguments captured from minibuffer to shell command in a function
I'm struggling with passing arguments read from the minibuffer to a shell command in a elisp function.
I've written the following so far:
(defun perlclean (review clean)
"Script PERL blablabla&...
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Call an interactive function and pass argument to it in elisp without user input
I am new to elisp and am trying to write an Elisp function that calls org-pandoc-export-to-html5-pdf-and-open.
org-pandoc-export-to-html5-pdf-and-open is an interactive function that will write to a ...
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Read multiples arguments for interactive function without sequential read functions
I have an interactive function taking 2 arguments. I can read them with
(defun example-fct (arg1 arg2)
"This function take two arguments"
(interactive
(let ((arg1 (read-string "...
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How to prompt for function use be used within a function?
Consider the following example function
(defun simple-function ()
(dotimes (counter 10)
(input-function)))
This requires input-function to be hard coded within the definition of simple-...
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Is there an easy way to use thing-at-point to initialize interactive read string (interactive "sfoo:")
Is there an easy way to use thing-at-point to initialize the contents of an interactive string reading?
I have a function the looks something like this:
(defun foo (string)
(interactive "...
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Default argument for interactive function?
Using
(interactive "sPROMPT: ")
one can set a prompt for, e.g., a string function.
Question: Is it possible to also supplement a default argument to the function? Say
(interactive "...
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copy string at point func
I'm trying to build a simple proc that copies the text on which the point is set and returns the point to where it was, but can't make it work properly.
Before you say "thing-at-point" - I ...
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How to modify interactive function `occur` to a non-interactive function
occur is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘replace.el’.
The definition is as follows:
(defun occur (regexp &optional nlines region)
(interactive
(nconc (occur-read-primary-args)
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How to write an interactive function which repeats when the last key in the keybinding is repeatedly pressed? [duplicate]
I want to repeat a function when the last key in the key binding is repeatedly pressed.
For example, say the keybinding is C-n for next-line, what I want to happen is that next-line is repeated when I ...
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How do I make C-x b (switch-to-buffer) ignore some buffers?
I want C-x b (i.e. switch-to-buffer) to ignore some buffers. For example, I want to ignore *Ibuffer*. In other words, when I press C-x b, I should not see Switch to buffer (default *Ibuffer*): . *...
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How to override a value inside a function temporarily?
There is this function in tide:
;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/.local/straight/repos/tide/tide.el
(defun tide-rename-file ()
"Rename current file and all it's references in other files."
(...
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How to script a bookmark-jump call
I am trying to write a function which will perform a bookmark-jump but then reset the the bookmark line to the top of the screen. So far I have:
(defun foo ()
(interactive)
(bookmark-jump)
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Combine two interactive functions
For example, I want to sort a file, then remove the duplicate lines. I run M-x sort followed by M-x delete-duplicate-lines. I wanted to combine them into a single interactive function. Here is an ...
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Break key as a shortcut -- what am I doing wrong?
I would like to define a keyboard shortcut in my .emacs file so that the Break (a.k.a. Pause) key does a C-x C-s C-x C-c. As a warmup, I thought I would try something simpler, so as a test I did this, ...
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Switch to *scratch* buffer (global-set-key)
I am reading the Intro to Lisp Programing and got to the chapter where switch-to-buffer is introduced.
I tried to bind (switch-to-buffer "*scratch*") via global-set-key
But this does not ...
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How to disable "/" 's default behavior on the F interactive mode?
I use interactive mode with Ivy and Dired for interactively creating new files, like so:
(evil-local-set-key 'normal (kbd "t") (lambda (file)
(...
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How to call an interactive function and pass arguments to it from within Elisp?
I'm trying to compose a link to the describe-package help buffer to the xref package like this:
[[(elisp:(describe-package "xref"))][xref]]
But it can't execute. So I wonder how to pass ...
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Asterisk in interactive specification
Just when is it appropriate to put the asterisk * into the interactive spec of a command function? The elisp manual says the effect is to cause an error if the command is attempted in a read only ...
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How to access variables/lists by the strings of their names, prompted interactively
I have a question about how to use interactive to allow the user to identify a desired list element to output.
Let's say I have a variable x assigned to a list structured like this:
(setq x '((y ("...
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unread-command-events and batch mode
I'm writing tests for an interactive function. I've been using the unread-command-events variable in conjunction with call-interactively to verify that it does the right thing.
However, I just ...
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Trying to use `pdfgrep` program from within my command
I want to be asked what string %s I want [0] pdfgrep to search for? While M-x pdfgrep mysearchString works, I'm somehow missing something on wrapping it up as sole function?
(require 'pdfgrep)
(...
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rgrep: string-match("<C>", nil) error
I found a weird behaviour with rgrep. The following is tested under emacs 26.3 with emacs -Q.
Evaluate (rgrep "test" "*.org" "~/Org/wiki") gives me a string-match("<C>" nil) error:
Debugger ...
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How to call xref-find-definitions without being prompted?
Is it possible to call xref-find-definitions to find the definition at the current point without being prompted to select the default?
I'd like to bind this to a key, so it immediately jumps to a ...
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Prompt for user input flexibly with interactive
I have a function that uses smartparens to replace specified pairs of parentheses.
(defun replace-paren-at-point (paren)
(interactive "sReplace with: ")
(if (looking-at "[「『《〈（〔【]")
(progn
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How do I define a function to execute as a command with M-x? [duplicate]
I wish to M-x my-func and let my code run. This seems basic but where can I get more documentation about this, if possible inside emacs itself?
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Accessing regular expression groups outside a buffer
The code from here accesses groups of a regular expression match in a buffer in interactive mode:
(let ((re (concat "\\([ \t]*" org-clock-string " *\\)"
"\\([[<][^]>]+[]&...
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Can "advice-add ... :filter-args" detect if the advised function was called interactively?
Using advice-add from nadvice.el, I am trying to add a :filter-args advice to an interactive function. Is it somehow possible for it to detect, whether the advised function has been called ...
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Defining function that takes funciton as argument results in "Wrong type argument: commandp, (bm-my bm-next)"
When using the below and invoking the function via <leader>Bn I get an error of command-execute: Wrong type argument: commandp, (bm-my bm-next)
(defun bm-my (a)
(interactive)
(a)
(bm-show-...
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how to bind custom commands to keys in existing mode map?
I wrote some extra commands for Python mode: python-insert-quote and python-insert-double-quote. I want to have these commands be available in the minibuffer when python-mode is active. How can I add ...
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Assign buffer-name to variable
I'd like to write Elisp code that compares text character by character between two buffers.
To do that, I need to first assign buffer names to the variables source-buffer and target-buffer ...
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Use write-region in read-only buffer
I am writing a custom function which is supposed to write selected text to some arbitrary file on the system. It does something like
(defun write-region-to-file (&optional arg)
(interactive "*...
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defun to replace regex pattern with original pattern plus new line
I have written the following lisp code to search for a regex pattern and append new line to it:
(defun readmode ()
(interactive)
(goto-char 1)
(while (search-forward-regex "\(</[a-z]+>\)" ...
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Command that does different things based on whether something is selected
I am trying to make emacs function somewhat like sublime text, where C-x cuts text that is selected and cuts the whole line when nothing is selected. I got the full-line cut to work using
(global-set-...
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Problem with giving inputs to a function programmatically
Some programs take user inputs, for example by calling the interactive function `sunrise-sunset', two arguments are taken from the user. Assume that the inputs are 0.0098 and 51.4934 (these are ...
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Prompt for command to reset variable to 1 or any other number
I have a command that semi-automates the insertion of numbered chapter headings in an org-mode file.
(defun reset-counter ()
(interactive)
(setq n 1))
(defun insert-numbered-chapter-headings ()
...
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How to write a command which uses the prefix argument AND some strings
I want to write a command which uses a prefix argument and reads some strings.
I know both parts individually:
(defun xtest(arg)
(interactive "P")
...
reads the prefix arg.
(defun xtest(t1 ...
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How do I revert to the English keyboard after switching to Devanagari?
I do this to switch to a Hindi keyboard:-
C-x RET C-\ [TAB]
and then I choose :
devanagari-inscript
My query is : How do I switch back to an English keyboard? I can see options for english-dvorak ...
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how to use this-command and last-command in tests?
I have a usecase for this-command and last-command, because I'd like a double invocation of a command to behave differently (it's an indenter, FWIW).
Some manual interactive experiments suggest that ...
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Enter a string interactively on specific keyboard shortcut
I'm new to this kind of Q&A site. Now I'm writing some article using Sphinx (reStructured text). Writing an equation (like E = mc^{2}) in Sphinx is a little bit demanding, because you have to ...
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Is there any way to ask for a interactive input after a condition is met?
Something like the example below, which I want to test whether you are eligible to enter a number before you actually enter this number
(defun foo (x)
(cond (condition (progn (interactive "nEnter ...
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(interactive "r") can't be used directly after Emacs startup
The proper way to deal with region is using (interactive "r"). But in my case, (interactive "r") always complaints:
The mark is not set now, so there is no region
after fresh ...
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Interactive 'TAGS/PROP/TODO' query limited to particular level of tree?
I want to do a search where I interactively specify a tag (ideally with counsel-org-tag-style tag completion) and get an agenda buffer listing matching items at a particular level of the hierarchy (...
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Why can't I bind my function to a key or call it with M-x?
I wrote a function, and I want to call it via M-x, and bind it to a key. This is my function:
(defun my-function ()
(message "This is a great function"))
If I try to call it with M-x my-function,...
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How do I define a function in my init.el and make it available with M-x? [duplicate]
I have the following function, which does what it says on the tin -- swaps the values of the ns-alternate-modifier and ns-right-alternate-modifier variables.
(defun swap-left-and-right-alt ()
"Swap ...
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how to get region start and region end from the whole buffer as variables to call another func
(defun buffer-to-shell()
(let (buffer mark-whole-buffer)))
(shell-command-on-region start end "sed s/foo/bar/") ;; start, end not defined
)
As you might see there are undefined variables start ...
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how to provide a parameter for interactive lamda function
I want to be able to perform helm-swoop on an input error: on a compiler output buffer using C-x C-r, here is how I tried to achieve it.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-r") (lambda () (interactive) (...
