From: Benjamin Rutt <rutt.4+news@osu.edu>
Subject: Re: getting abbrev table objects given a string with the same name
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:06:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eko75ml8.fsf@osu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7e8yefmqmi.fsf@ada2.unipv.it
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org> writes:
> Benjamin Rutt <rutt.4+news@osu.edu> writes:
>
>> how can I get an abbrev table, given a string with the same name.
>
> this expression doesn't answer your question directly,
> but in understanding it you will find the answer anyway:
>
> (let ((name (concat "describe" "-" "function")))
> (eval `(,(intern name) ',(intern name))))
Thanks, `intern' and `eval' did the trick.
--
Benjamin Rutt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-22 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-22 16:50 getting abbrev table objects given a string with the same name Benjamin Rutt
2004-06-22 17:47 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-06-22 21:06 ` Benjamin Rutt [this message]
2004-06-22 20:54 ` Kevin Rodgers
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