Re: Ability to use a button to run interactive function

[Stephen Berman]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:34:23 +0000 Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> wrote:

> The following function does not allow me to call it via a button.  Would
> this be possible, whilst also be allowed to call the function interactively
> using 'M-x maces-snapshot' ?
>
>
> (defun maces-snapshot ()
>   "Prints information about how to install emacs."
>   (interactive)
>
>   (with-help-window (help-buffer)
>
>     (insert-button "[F5]" 'action 'action-snapshot
>       'follow-link t)
>     (insert " A Snapshot Repository \n")
>
>     (insert-button "[B5]" 'action 'action-snapshot
>       'follow-link t)
>     (insert " Obtaining a Snapshot Repository with Git \n") ))

Yes, give maces-snapshot an optional argument:

(defun maces-snapshot (&optional button)
  ...

Steve Berman