Re: defun in global-set-key

[Pascal Bourguignon]

Rodrigo Canellas <r.canellas@terra.com.br> writes:

> hi,
> 
> 
> I defined this in '.emacs' this function:
> 
> (defun indent-all (interactive) ()
>   (mark-whole-buffer)
>   (indent-region)
>   )
> 
> and associated to a key:
> 
> (global-set-key [f2] 'indent-all)
> 
> 
> But when I load a file and press F2, the whole buffer is selected, but the 
> 'indent-region' fails, and a long and uncompreensible message is displayed in 
> the mini-buffer. 
> 
> Does anyone know what am I doing wrong?

interactive is a declaration. That must be written after the arguments
and documentation string:

(defun indent-all ()
    "Will idnent the whole buffer."
    (interactive)
    (mark-whole-buffer)
    (indent-region))

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