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From: Barry OReilly <gundaetiapo@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: shell-CLI for Emacs
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:02:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFM41H3nDPcn4xroec1kG6W4iipCuJbxyHc4vsRHpkYbiZdftQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

> (defun string-to-cmd (str)
>   (interactive "s $> ")
>   (let*((cmd-and-args (split-string str " "))
>         (cmd  (car cmd-and-args))
>         (args (cdr cmd-and-args)))
>     (eval `(,(read cmd) ,@args) )))

Clearer than (eval `(,(read cmd) ,@args) ) is (apply (read cmd) args)


             reply	other threads:[~2013-08-23 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-23 22:02 Barry OReilly [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.664.1377295372.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-23 22:42 ` shell-CLI for Emacs Emanuel Berg
2013-08-24  0:37   ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]   ` <mailman.670.1377304488.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-24  3:30     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-26  0:56     ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-26  4:03       ` Yuri Khan
2013-08-26  5:38       ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
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2013-08-23 20:46 Emanuel Berg

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