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how to bind helm-do-grep-1 to a key in emacs?

I am using the following.

(global-set-key [f9] 'helm-do-grep-1)

But when I press f9, It complains wrong type argument. I just want it behavior like "C-u C-c h g" to grep recursively. But type so many keys is boring.

update: I need to grep recursively. helm-do-grep run in non-recursive mode.

Solution

  • You can use

    (global-set-key [f9] 
  (lambda ()
    (interactive)
    (let ((current-prefix-arg 't))
      (call-interactively 'helm-do-grep))))

    Upd. If you're interested: the version with kbd sequence

    (global-set-key [f9]
  (lambda ()
   (interactive)
     (let ((minibuffer-message-timeout 0))
                (execute-kbd-macro (read-kbd-macro "C-u C-c h g C-x Q"))))

    See the definition of C-x Q here https://stackoverflow.com/a/28435402/1937596