How can I bind "F" to negative-argument -> meow-find ?

[kartikynwa]

My elispfu is terrible. Is this possible? I tried this in the meow-config:

'("F" . lambda () ((negative-argument) (meow-find)))

But obviously it doesn't work.

[eshrh]

Yes, it's very possible:

(meow-normal-define-key
 '("F" . (lambda ()
           (interactive)
           (let ((current-prefix-arg -1))
             (call-interactively 'meow-find)))))

You're close... lambdas need to be in their own s-expressions, and see https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Prefix-Command-Arguments.html for relevant info about prefix args. Note that for all keybindings, the "target" needs to be a command, that is, it contains (interactive).

In my custom config, you'll find this section that defines convenience commands for both find and till:

https://github.com/eshrh/nyaatouch/blob/5277c1b597bb0fa060783c3ce5052a9771ee5d61/nyaatouch.el#L37-L47

(defmacro nt--call-negative (form)
  `(let ((current-prefix-arg -1))
     (call-interactively ,form)))


(defun nt-negative-find ()
  (interactive)
  (nt--call-negative 'meow-find))


(defun nt-negative-till ()
  (interactive)
  (nt--call-negative 'meow-till))

You might find these helpful to include in your own.

[kartikynwa]

Sorry for the late reply but thank you so much. I learnt a lot from your config.