Declaring a Module

Each dynamic module must have an initialization function, marked by the attribute macro #[emacs::module]. The function's type must be fn(&Env) -> Result<()>.

In addition, in order to be loadable by Emacs, the module must be declared GPL-compatible.

# #![allow(unused_variables)]
#fn main() {
emacs::plugin_is_GPL_compatible!();

#[emacs::module]
fn init(env: &Env) -> Result<()> {
    // This is run when Emacs loads the module.
    // More concretely, it is run after all the functions it defines are exported,
    // but before `(provide 'feature-name)` is (automatically) called.
    Ok(())
}
#}

Options

• name: By default, the name of the feature provided by the module is the crate's name (with _ replaced by -). There is no need to explicitly call provide inside the initialization function. This option allows the function's name, or a string, to be used instead.

  
  # #![allow(unused_variables)]
  #fn main() {
  // Putting `rs` in crate's name is discouraged so we use the function's name
  // instead. The feature will be `rs-module-helper`.
  #[emacs::module(name(fn))]
  fn rs_module_helper(_: &Env) -> Result<()> { Ok(()) }
  #}

• defun_prefix and separator: Function names in Emacs are conventionally prefixed with the feature name followed by -. These 2 options allow a different prefix and separator to be used.

  
  # #![allow(unused_variables)]
  #fn main() {
  // Use `/` as the separator that goes after feature name, like some other packages.
  #[emacs::module(separator = "/")]
  fn init(_: &Env) -> Result<()> { Ok(()) }
  #}

  
  # #![allow(unused_variables)]
  #fn main() {
  // The whole package contains other Lisp files, so the module is named
  // `tree-sitter-dyn`. But we want functions to be `tree-sitter-something`,
  // not `tree-sitter-dyn-something`.
  #[emacs::module(name = "tree-sitter-dyn", defun_prefix = "tree-sitter")]
  fn init(_: &Env) -> Result<()> { Ok(()) }
  #}

• mod_in_name: Whether to put module path in function names. Default to true. This can also be overridden for each individual function, by an option of the same name on #[defun].

Note: Often time, there's no initialization logic needed. A future version of this crate will support putting #![emacs::module] on the crate, without having to define a no-op function. See Rust's issue #54726.