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Asked: 2026-06-11T10:11:06+00:00

I want to bind customize-option for a certain variable to a key, since I

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I want to bind customize-option for a certain variable to a key, since I need to change it rather often. I have two options:

(global-set-key (kbd "<f12>") '(lambda() (interactive) (customize-option 'my-variable) ) )
(global-set-key (kbd "<f12>") '(customize-option 'my-variable )

The first one works, the second does not, because commandp complains that customize-option is not a command. Why? As far as I know, customize-option is an interactive function, so commandp should be t:

customize-option is an interactive compiled Lisp function.

It is bound to .

(customize-option SYMBOL)

Customize SYMBOL, which must be a user option variable.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It is the form (customize-option 'my-variable) which is not a command. You cannot bind to an arbitrary quoted form, any more than you can bind to a literal string or an unbound symbol. Some of those would be useful to bind to, but it’s not hard to work around the limitations. Write a macro if you find it hard to live with. (As the saying goes, now you have two problems.)

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