Document 'funcall-interactively'

* doc/lispref/commands.texi (Interactive Call): Document
'funcall-interactively'.
* doc/lispref/functions.texi (Calling Functions): Mention
'funcall-interactively' and provide a cross-reference.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index dee43cefb15..9c1df895161 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -691,6 +691,14 @@ default is the return value of @code{this-command-keys-vector}.
 @xref{Definition of this-command-keys-vector}.
 @end defun
 
+@defun funcall-interactively function &rest arguments
+This function works like @code{funcall} (@pxref{Calling Functions}),
+but it makes the call look like an interactive invocation: a call to
+@code{called-interactively-p} inside @var{function} will return
+@code{t}.  If @var{function} is not a command, it is called without
+signaling an error.
+@end defun
+
 @defun command-execute command &optional record-flag keys special
 @cindex keyboard macro execution
 This function executes @var{command}.  The argument @var{command} must
diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi
index d3d0a422574..1e8e7540395 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi
@@ -754,6 +754,10 @@ they make sense only when given the unevaluated argument
 expressions.  @code{funcall} cannot provide these because, as we saw
 above, it never knows them in the first place.
 
+If you need to use @code{funcall} to call a command and make it behave
+as if invoked interactively, use @code{funcall-interactively}
+(@pxref{Interactive Call}).
+
 @example
 @group
 (setq f 'list)