Re: How do I make an Emacs-Lisp function available via M-x ?

[Perry Smith]

On Nov 29, 2006, at 5:58 AM, leonel.gayard@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

I've recently started to add some Lisp functions to my .emacs file. For

instance, these two functions change the colors in Emacs, with white

fonts over black background or vice-versa:

;;;###autoload

(defun black-on-white()

    (and

         (set-foreground-color "black")

         (set-background-color "white")))

;;;###autoload

(defun white-on-black()

    (and

         (set-foreground-color "white")

         (set-background-color "black")))

Now, I would like to call these functions by typing M-x white-on-black,

but they simply are not available there. The apropos command (M-x

apropos) acknowledges that they exist, but when I type M-x

black-on-white, all I get is "no match".

Any ideas ?

Look at the function: interactive

Probably you just need (interactive) but there is a lot to it.

Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )

Ease Software, Inc. ( http://www.easesoftware.com )

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