Why is shell emacs -f different than M-x?
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WorldsEndless · 2022-09-23 12:09

I can do a `M-& emacs` followed therein by `M-x telega` and it seems
this is not the same as doing `M-& emacs -f telega` (resulting in a
frozen emacs, like when I do `M-x telega` in my main exwm process).
Shouldn't these be the same?

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7890yuiop · 2022-09-23 12:40

One call is interactive, the other is not.

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WorldsEndless · 2022-09-23 13:22

Is there anything I can do about that? Is there a "make the -f call
interactive"?

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7890yuiop · 2022-09-23 13:55

No; `-f` makes a non-interactive call to a function, just like
`(telega)` would in elisp code.

You could use `--eval "(call-interactively #'telega)"` though.