Re: tabulated-list-mode: how to activate button?

[Jean Louis]

* Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> [2020-12-07 05:26]:
> > > I mean, do you want/need the doubled quoting of `action` here, for
> > > example (also the lambda should probably not be quoted)?
> > 
> > How do you mean double quoting?
> 
> I answered in the bug #45090 thread.  You are passing a list
> by quoting it.  Nothing is trying to _evaluate_ things inside
> that list - it's inappropriate to quote them.  This applies
> to symbol `action', the lambda form, and the other symbols:
> `font-lock-face', `link', `follow-link', and `t'.
> 
> (setq tabulated-list-entries 
>       '((1 ["Something"
>             ("Button"
>              action (lambda (b) (message "Hello"))
>              font-lock-face link 
>              follow-link t)])))

Thank you, now I know why. Confusion came from interpreting (wrongly
probaly) other code.

This gave me problem yesterday and I am glad there is solution!