embark-act-all embark/:catch: Symbol’s value as variable is void
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olymk2 · 2022-08-22 07:41

(use-package
      embark
      :ensure t
      :bind (("C-." . embark-act)
             ("M-." . embark-dwim)
             ("C-a" . 'embark-act-all)
             ("C-h B" . embark-bindings))
      :init

      ;; Optionally replace the key help with a completing-read
interface
      (setq prefix-help-command #'embark-prefix-help-command)
      :config

      ;; Hide the mode line of the Embark live/completions buffers
      (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\`\\*Embark Collect
\\(Live\\|Completions\\)\\*" nil
                                           (window-parameters (mode-
line-format . none)))))

Can anyone tell me why the above raises embark/:catch: Symbol’s value
as variable is void I understand the error but I don't get why embark-
act-all would be void, I don't believe i need to include another
package to make it work do I ? I have quoted it in my config to make
the error go away for the moment.

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flexibeast · 2022-08-22 07:47

("C-a" . 'embark-act-all)

You have a quote in front of `embark-act-all`, unlike the other
bindings.

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olymk2 · 2022-08-22 08:40

Yeah I am aware that stop the issue, if I remove the quote then I get
the error during startup but so that emacs continues processing my
config I have placed the quote there temporarily

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flexibeast · 2022-08-22 09:07

Okay. Well, when you're asking for help, it's best to share the actual
code that fails. And more generally, i would suggest simply commenting
out the line:

    :bind (("C-." . embark-act)
         ("M-." . embark-dwim)
         ;; ("C-a" . embark-act-all)
         ("C-h B" . embark-bindings))

That said, i don't use `use-package` myself, so i'll have to leave it
to others to suggest possible explanations/solutions.

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lebensterben · 2022-08-22 09:22

add

   :commands embark-act-all

this makes it autoloadable.

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olymk2 · 2022-08-24 07:58

Thanks that is the missing part, I no longer need to quote and the
error is gone :)

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lebensterben · 2022-08-24 08:05

I recommend to make a feature request to the upstream to make this
command autoloaded by default.

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oantolin · 2022-08-25 02:37

Oh my! Do I really not have an autoload for embark-act-all? I'll fix
that.