From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to convert a string to a symbol? Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:34:07 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85ljxt4usw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <003701c9162e$58cfcd50$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87bpyq971g.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221471702 15816 80.91.229.12 (15 Sep 2008 09:41:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:41:42 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 15 11:42:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KfAbE-0003j3-Or for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:42:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43777 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KfAaD-0007Yk-U6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:41:25 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!noris.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yha6pRb1gwrM5QSher4lT+BCVYQ= Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Sep 2008 11:34:07 CEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 6412116e.newsspool3.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=\1VAeR`6o5oOKO]LCQ@0g`McF=Q^Z^V3h4Fo<]lROoRa^YC2XCjHcbiO5MOK`; S:bhJlReZIiR096CbFmolC77F3mi Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:162271 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57611 Archived-At: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes: > Richard G Riley writes: >> It seems from the mention of eval quite clear (not being an elisp >> programmer myself). He wants the result of the expression held in the >> string str. > > We know what he wants. But we're trying to make him express his needs > better. I wasn't aware it is national "make fun of newbies" week again. Anyway, (eval (read "(< 1 2)")) -> t -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum