Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!sun!plx!evan
From: evan@plx.UUCP (Evan Bigall)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: execute-extended-for-dummys
Message-ID: <1947@plx.UUCP>
Date: 26 May 89 15:17:54 GMT
Reply-To: evan@plx.UUCP (Evan Bigall)
Organization: Plexus Computers; San Jose, CA
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Only 6 lines, but I like it enough to share it (little things satisfy me)

The idea is, that I frequently forget where I bound functions.  Being the lazy
person I am, I always just Meta-X it, instead of doing a where-is and then
using the binding.  Its a vicious circle, and eventually I never remember 
the binding because I never use it.  This function which I bind to esc-x 
executes a command by name, and then tells me where it was. 

A possible enhancement would be to make it refuse to execute somthing which has
a binding. 

There is a bug, that it does not properly handle prefix arguments.  I dont have
the e-lisp manual or enough expericance to fix that, can anyone help?

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(defun execute-extended-for-dummys (fun)
  "Execute a command by name, then tell me where it was"
  (interactive "aM-x ")
  (command-execute fun)
  (where-is fun)
)

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Evan Bigall, Plexus Computers, San Jose, CA (408)943-2283 ...!sun!plx!evan
"I barely have the authority to speak for myself, certainly not anybody else"