Questions tagged [symbol-function]
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How to get Emacs to know that a symbol has a function definition
While reading the source file prelude-ivy.el in the Prelude modules directory, I saw that there was a warning associated with "here" in the last line, specifically that prelude-required-packages was not known to be a defined function.
I recognize…
pajato0
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What is the correct way of passing a function with a default argument to a function?
Here is the code with two things I tried as the ":filter" in ": my-pass-it-on-filter":
(defun my-pass-it-on-sentinel (proc _msg)
"Process entire output of PROC line-wise."
(when (and (eq (process-status proc) 'exit)
(zerop…
codygman
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Monkey patch and restore builtin set-window-dedicated-p during advice
I would like to make set-window-dedicated-p a NOP when called from xref--show-pos-in-buf. Below is an attempt to do so using advice. It doesn't work, I think because fset is not really copying the original function definition, just pointing things…
sandinmyjoints
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How to pass the current scopes function symbol as an argument to an elisp function
I am trying to create an org-capture template which works with yankpad and yasnippets to such that if I am working with some c code like this:
example.c
static int somefunc(int a) {
if (a ==5) {
return 1;
}
else {
return 0;
…
Reginald Marr
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oddp vs cl-oddp in elisp script
I am trying to write a short script file with elisp for the first time which will serve me to install all the required packages that I use. Thus when I change from one computer to another, I can get all the basic tools that I use daily. My purpose…
Kadir Gunel
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Error with org-fstree: Symbol's function definition is void: reduce
I want to use the package org-fstree (MELPA Link).
But in a file when I press C-c C-c at
#+BEGIN_FSTREE: ~/
I get the following error:
Symbol's function definition is void: reduce
I am not sure if I installed the package correctly (this is the…
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Elisp equivalent of FUNCTION-LAMBDA-EXPRESSION?
In Common Lisp, there is a function called function-lambda-expression, which returns the LAMBDA form that defines a function (or NIL on implementations that compile everything to native code).
Is there a function in ELisp that does something…
Throw Away Account
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Push to GitHub via Magit retrieves error: "error in process sentinel: Symbol’s function definition is void: compat-assoc" but works. How to fix it?
I am using Magit in my Emacs. This is my config file.
I have been using this package for a long time without issues. Recently, some weird error messages started to appear. After pressing to push a branch elsewhere being it the branch…
Pedro Delfino
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Aquamacs error while loading .emacs : Symbol's function definition is void: register-definition-prefixes
I'm on macOS Monterey and I'm using aquamacs as an IDE to ocaml.
Ocaml is install with opam and everything was working well until I delete the wrong switch. Emacs is still working with tuareg in the console but I can't use aquamacs with it…
Dusehu Théo
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How can I save a function defintion
I want to extend a standard Emacs function (package--save-selected-packages), but to cover my tracks I want to save the old defintion under a new name and then redintion teh standard function.
I tried fset but that creates rather something like an…
halloleo
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Convert function-quoted form #'... to string
I have tried (symbol-name x), but it doesn't work if the argument is a lambda:
ok:
#'execute-extended-command
not ok:
#'(lambda (&optional frame) (interactive) (message "hi 8"))
HappyFace
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Display lambda expression as let-bound symbol
Q: How can I display this let-bound lambda expression as a symbol -- i.e., display it as my-func instead of (lambda (arg1 ...))?
I'd like the best of both worlds -- i.e., be able to use funcall in one area of the code, yet extract a pretty name…
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