Re: Execute a string as a command

[Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>]

* Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> [151106 12:47]:
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
> 
> > I can't get to that phase for another day or two..
> > thanks, Emanuel.
> 
> No, there are much better things for you to do than to
> digest that code. For example, ask yourself why you
> want to execute strings as commands, and if there is
> a better way still.
> 
> That code of mine is more like a demo to show of
> skills and attract ohs and ahs. It is not really
> helpful (tho sometimes I use it so it *does* work).

  By this time, you've probably read from the continuation of this
  thread that I had problems with setting up the menu structure so
  that command objects could be read from it. Thus I used a string
  representation to see if that could be evaluated. 

  I have since found the right combination of menu syntax and 'eval
  syntax to make the command objects readable.

  So, I've learned two bits of emacsen knowledge 
  1) How to evaluate a string
  2) How to evaluate a command object
  *and* I've been
  introduced to hydra, which might prove to be what I was really
  looking for.

  Thanks, as always, for your replies. They are always enlightening.

-- 
Tim 
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