--edit-command (-e) in cider-start-menu is ignored when cider.el is natively compiled #4201

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1. byronclark commented on Sep 15, 2026

   

   byronclark

   on Sep 15, 2026

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   If it helps, here's the minimal config (LLM generated) I used to make sure this wasn't caused by my configuration:

   (setq package-user-dir (expand-file-name "elpa" (file-name-directory load-file-name)))
   (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
   
   (require 'package)
   (setq package-archives
         '(("gnu"   . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
           ("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")))
   (package-initialize)
   
   (unless package-archive-contents
     (package-refresh-contents))
   
   (unless (package-installed-p 'cider)
     (package-install 'cider))
   
   (require 'cider)
   
   (message "CIDER version: %s" (cider-version))

   Saved as minimal-init.el and emacs started with emacs -Q -l minimal-init.el
2. byronclark

   changed the title [-]--edit-command (-e) in cider-start-menu appears to do nothing[/-] [+]--edit-command (-e) in cider-start-menu is ignored when cider.el is natively compiled[/+] on Sep 27, 2026
3. byronclark commented on Sep 27, 2026

   

   byronclark

   on Sep 27, 2026

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   Updated the title and emacs version in the description; this appears to only happen when native compilation is enabled.

   Here's a minimal config where the issue does not happen:

   (setq package-user-dir (expand-file-name "elpa" (file-name-directory load-file-name)))
   (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
   
   ;; Don't natively compile, and don't use native code cached in ~/.emacs.d
   (setq native-comp-jit-compilation nil)
   (setq native-comp-eln-load-path
         (list (expand-file-name "eln-cache/" (file-name-directory load-file-name))
               (car (last native-comp-eln-load-path))))
   
   (require 'package)
   (setq package-archives
         '(("gnu"   . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
           ("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")))
   (package-initialize)
   
   (unless package-archive-contents
     (package-refresh-contents))
   
   (unless (package-installed-p 'cider)
     (package-install 'cider))
   
   (require 'cider)
   
   (message "CIDER version: %s" (cider-version))

   And then if I comment out the (setq native-comp-jit-compilation nil) form and restart I get the -e ignored behavior once native compilation finishes.
4. bbatsov

   added a commit that references this issue on Sep 28, 2026

   [Fix #4201] Bind the menu options dynamically when compiled on their own

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   This issue will close once commit 33306d6 is merged into the 'master' branch.

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5. bbatsov commented on Sep 29, 2026

   

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   on Sep 29, 2026

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   Thanks for narrowing it down to native compilation, that was the key. cider-edit-jack-in-command is defined further down in cider.el than the menu code that let-binds it, and native-comp compiles each file in a fresh Emacs, so the binding came out lexical and never reached the jack-in code. Fixed in #4205.
6. byronclark commented on Sep 29, 2026

   

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   on Sep 29, 2026

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   thank you for the fix!
7. bbatsov

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 19, 2026

   [Fix #4201] Bind the menu options dynamically when compiled on their own

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   This issue will close once commit 597ca22 is merged into the 'master' branch.

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8. bbatsov

   closed this as completedin #4205on Oct 19, 2026
9. dakra

   added a commit that references this issue on Oct 19, 2026

   [Fix clojure-emacs#4201] Bind the menu options dynamically when compi…

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   This issue will close once commit 388d95c is merged into the 'master' branch.

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