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F.1.6.5 Emacs Lisp Mode

Major mode for editing Lisp code and Lisp source files to run in Emacs.

‘emacs-lisp-mode’

mode command

‘eval-defun’

‘C-M-x’

Evaluate the top-level form containing point, or after point. If the current defun is actually a call to ‘defvar’ or ‘defcustom’, evaluating it this way resets the variable using its initial value expression This command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger.

With a prefix argument, instrument the code for Edebug.

‘eval-expression’

‘M-:’

Evaluate EXP and print value in the echo area. When called interactively, read an Emacs Lisp expression and evaluate it.

‘eval-last-sexp’

‘C-x C-e’

Evaluate sexp before point print value in the echo area. Interactively, with a non ‘-’ prefix argument, print output into current buffer.

‘eval-region’ and ‘eval-buffer’

The command ‘M-x eval-region’ parses the text of the region as one or more Lisp expressions, evaluating them one by one. ‘M-x eval-buffer’ is similar but evaluates the entire buffer.

Parent mode is Lisp Data Mode.