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* string to symbol
@ 2009-08-02  8:54 TheFlyingDutchman
  2009-08-02 10:02 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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From: TheFlyingDutchman @ 2009-08-02  8:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I want to call the documentation or describe-function, functions, with
a list of strings that are function names. Those functions take a
symbol as an argument. e.g. (describe-function 'shell).  Given a
string "shell" is it possible to convert that to the symbol shell so
that I can use it as an argument to those functions?


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* Re: string to symbol
  2009-08-02  8:54 string to symbol TheFlyingDutchman
@ 2009-08-02 10:02 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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From: Thierry Volpiatto @ 2009-08-02 10:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com> writes:

> I want to call the documentation or describe-function, functions, with
> a list of strings that are function names. Those functions take a
> symbol as an argument. e.g. (describe-function 'shell).  Given a
> string "shell" is it possible to convert that to the symbol shell so
> that I can use it as an argument to those functions?
>
,----
| ELISP> (intern "shell")
| shell
| ELISP> (symbol-name 'shell)
| "shell"
| ELISP> 
`----
-- 
A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France





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* Re: string to symbol
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@ 2009-08-02 23:31   ` TheFlyingDutchman
  2009-08-03  0:10     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: TheFlyingDutchman @ 2009-08-02 23:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs


>
> ,----
> | ELISP> (intern "shell")
> | shell

Thanks Thierry, worked like a charm! Is there a way to determine,
given a string, whether or not an interned symbol already exists with
that name?


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* Re: string to symbol
  2009-08-02 23:31   ` TheFlyingDutchman
@ 2009-08-03  0:10     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
  2009-08-03  2:06       ` TheFlyingDutchman
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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2009-08-03  0:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com> writes:

>>
>> ,----
>> | ELISP> (intern "shell")
>> | shell
>
> Thanks Thierry, worked like a charm! Is there a way to determine,
> given a string, whether or not an interned symbol already exists with
> that name?

intern-soft

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__


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* Re: string to symbol
  2009-08-03  0:10     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
@ 2009-08-03  2:06       ` TheFlyingDutchman
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From: TheFlyingDutchman @ 2009-08-03  2:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
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>
> intern-soft
>
> --
> __Pascal Bourguignon__

Thanks Pascal!


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