Ah! I didn't think to check the git manual instead of the online one. Good to know about.
Doing it like you suggested works. On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net>wrote: > "J. David Smith" <emall...@archlinux.us> writes: > > > Hullo, > > > > I'm sure most of you are aware of the fact that (define-key ...) > > cannot directly take a function as its third parameter. Instead, it > > is given a string containing the command name. For example, this: > > > > (define-key *root-map* (kbd "f") "firefox") > > > > versus this: > > > > (define-key *root-map* (kbd "f") #'firefox) > > > > This is doubly confusing because (defcommand ...) wraps (defun ...), > > so (defcommand firefox (&optional (new-window nil)) () ....) produces > > a function (firefox ...). In order to make two keys (f and C-f), I > > can't simply do: > > > > (define-key *root-map* (kbd "f") #'firefox) > > (define-key *root-map* (kbd "C-f") (lambda () (firefox t))) > > > > I have to define two commands: > > > > (defcommand firefox ...) and (defcommand new-firefox ...). > > > > as well as two keys. > > > > So I suppose my question can be summed up like this: > > > > What is the reasoning for using strings to reference functions like > > this? > > > > -- J David Smith > > I can't really explain the reasoning, not having been in on it, but I do > know the system was put in place as a kind of echo of Emacs' distinction > between functions and interactive commands. > > Luckily, your problem is fairly easy to solve -- you can pass command > arguments along with the command name as part of the same string. So > try: > > (defcommand ff (&optional (new-window nil)) (:y-or-n) > (if new-window > (message "new window!") > (message "no new window!"))) > > (define-key *root-map* (kbd "z") "ff") > (define-key *root-map* (kbd "Z") "ff t") > > There's no "boolean" type, but any string will do. > > If you're using StumpWM from git, update to something recent and check > out the manual -- there's a new section on this. > > Hope that helps, > Eric > > > _______________________________________________ > Stumpwm-devel mailing list > Stumpwm-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stumpwm-devel >
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