Re: Newbie: Unable to write a custom function

[Andre Kuehne]

deech wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am new to Emacs. I have written a new search function into my .emacs
> file but I am unable to invoke it with M-x when I restart Emacs. There
> are no error messages when Emacs starts up. Here is the code:
>
> ;;Search backwards from a point for a string. If found delete
> ;;all characters from that string to the point.
> ;;Eg Given the argument 't', 'alligator' becomes 'alliga'
> (defun isearch-backward-tophrase ()
>   (set-mark-command ())
>   (isearch-backward )
>   (kill-region ()())
> )
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?

You have to use the (interactive) special form to make your
funtion invokable with M-x:

(defun isearch-backward-tophrase ()
   (interactive)
   ...

Regards
Andre

> Thanks...
> Deech
>
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