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Re: Trouble using a lambda in the key-translation-map
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Trouble using a lambda in the key-translation-map |
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:45:09 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.5119.1342663755.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo@gmail.com> wrote:
> As the Elisp manual describes, one can bind a key to a function in the
> key-translation-map, and use that function to programmatically
> determine what to translate the key to.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Translation-Keymaps
> .html
>
> I got this to work for functions defined with defun, but can't get it
> to work with a lambda. In an 'emacs -q' session, I put this in the
> scratch buffer:
> (defun my-translate-key (prompt) (interactive) (kbd "C-c"))
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-e") (lambda (prompt)
> (interactive) (kbd "C-c"))) ; Doesn't work
> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-e") 'my-translate-key) ; Works
>
> I evaluate the first and second sexp, and find C-e still goes to the
> end of the line. When I next execute the third sexp, C-e now
> translates to C-c. Why doesn't the second sexp enable the translation
> from C-e to C-c?
Look at the description of define-key -- the third argument has to be a
SYMBOL for it to be treated as a function. Lambda doesn't return a
function, it returns a list.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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