Re: [External] : Re: How to get all commands defined in a specified file (or files)?

[mbork]

On 2024-11-11, at 20:38, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

>> > say that I'd like to define a `execute-extended-command' alternative
>> > which would only allow to run commands defined in a specified file.
>> How
>> > can I get all such commands?  I know about `symbol-file', but I don't
>> > know how it works (and it's complicated enough that I'm not sure I
>> want
>> > to study it ATM;-) - I tried to instrument it for edebug, but a quick
>> > run revealed only that it's pretty mysterious).  I also looked at the
>> > property plist of a function name and saw that the filename is not
>> kept
>> > there.  Any hints?
>> 
>> We have a facility to mark commands as relevant to a major mode or a
>> list of major modes.  If your file defines a major mode, you can use
>> this for doing what you want.  See the command
>> execute-extended-command-for-buffer.  A more general facility is the
>> variable read-extended-command-predicate.
>
> Maybe also...
>
> Has the file been loaded, so the commands are already defined?
> Or are they at least autoloaded?

Let's assume they are loaded, though if it worked for autoloaded
functions, too, it would be even better.

> Does the file use a library-specific prefix for all of its
> function names?

Definitely not.

> If so, you can filter all commands (`commandp') according
> to that library prefix.

I'm not sure what you mean here -- isn't `commandp' way too general
here?

Best,

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