Re: interactive function name

[Antoine Levitt]

20/03/11 23:38, Ritchie
> I'm trying to use the interactive function name feature. On emacs lisp
> manual it says:
>
> ‘a’
> A function name (i.e., a symbol satisfying fboundp). Existing,
> Completion, Prompt.
>
> So I tried it with a small test code:
>
> (defun testfun1 ()
>   (message "hello, world!"))
>
> (defun test (abcd)
>   (interactive "aTheme name: ")
>   (abcd))
>
> Emacs gives an error saying,
>
> test: Symbol's function definition is void: abcd
>
> I tried to test abcd with fboundp, it returns t. So I'm quite confused
> about how to use the 'a' option in interactive.
> Any body can give some hints?

Your problem is not with interactive. (abcd) evaluates the function
"abcd", while you want the function contained in the variable
"abcd". Try "apply".