Re: Newbie: Help with elisp, please
Brad Camroux <bgcamroux@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Okay... what you've given me should help a lot. One thing I don't
> really understand, though, is hooks. How do I know that, when I use
> (add-hook ....) that it will run once I enter LaTeX-mode? The GNU
Because
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp-manual/html_chapter/elisp_23.html#SEC348
says:
Each major mode should have a mode hook named modename-mode-hook. The
major mode command should run that hook, with run-hooks, as the very
last thing it does. See section 23.6 Hooks.
> Emacs Manual and the Emacs Lisp Reference Guide don't really explain
> this in any detail. Oh yeah... and in the above code snippet, you
That you didn't find the information doesn't mean it is not there...
> have the function (?) do-LaTeX. Do I define these functions before I
> define the function brad-setup-LaTeX-keybindings? I'm thinking yes.
The order in the source file shouldn't matter because when Emacs
evaluates
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'brad-setup-LaTeX-keybindings)
add-hook will store the symbol in the hook but doesn't need to access
the symbol's function definition. That the symbol has a function cell
(i.e., there actually exists a function named
brad-setup-LaTeX-keybindings) is only relevant when the hook is
executed. By that time, obviously, the called function must have been
defined.
> Finally, do I have to put all this in my .emacs file, or can I put it
> in a .el file in some other directory as long as that dir is in my
> load-path?
You can put it in your .emacs.el. You can also put it in another file
that is in your load-path and load it with (load "file") from .emacs.el.
You can also put it in the load-path, have it (provide 'brad-foobar) and
have .emacs.el (require 'brad-foobar)...
--
Florent
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