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Article #189419Re: autoloads etc
From: Mike Williams
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 1991 17:34
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 1991 17:34
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+-- In article <1991Feb16.165034.23875@mlb.semi.harris.com> (Jim Ray) writes:
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| (autoload 'perl-mode "perl-mode")
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| Now, when I M-x perl-mode I get a beep and no-match.
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| What am I doing wrong??????
M-x only works for *commands* (interactive functions). When you do the
autoload you need to tell emacs that the perl-mode function can be called
interactively, like so:
(autoload 'perl-mode "perl-mode" nil t)
Have a look at the documentation for autoload for more info.
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