Binding functions with arguments

[rsuhada]

One more thing cropped up when I was moving my modalka config: I'd like to have SPC quit ryo-mode and insert a space. I've tried these 2 options; neither works:

("SPC" ryo-modal-mode :then '(insert " "))
("SPC" '(insert " ") :exit t))

It seems more generally that I can't pass a function with argument correctly - most likely because I don't understand enough elisp...
Do you know how to achieve this?

Thank you!

[Kungsgeten]

Hi! Its true that you can not pass functions with arguments, they need to be commands (functions which you could normally run with M-x). You'll normally have to write your own function in order to do what you want. Like this:

(defun insert-space ()
  (interactive)
  (insert " "))
(ryo-modal-key "SPC" 'insert-space :exit t)

In this case, however, you could use the fact that targets in ryo can be a key: that keypress will be simulated when using the ryo command. You could therefore do this (in most modes, depends on what space normally do): (ryo-modal-key "SPC" "SPC" :exit t)

[rsuhada]

Great! This works great, thank you!