From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Doug Lewan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: reading a variable from the user Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:59:38 +0000 Message-ID: <155DEC68569B714B86C2C7075F5EDA9826951B6B@DAKIYA1.pegasus.local> References: <1349853875855-266778.post@n5.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1349877548 23944 80.91.229.3 (10 Oct 2012 13:59:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:59:08 +0000 (UTC) To: drain , "Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 10 15:59:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TLwob-0007OJ-4w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:59:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34236 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLwoU-0000dw-O8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36702) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLwoK-0000aN-Ba for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLwoE-0000O3-K9 for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:58:56 -0400 Original-Received: from webmail.shubertorg.com ([207.246.209.200]:57757) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLwoE-0000Ny-G5 for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from dakiya1.pegasus.local ([::1]) by DAKIYA1.pegasus.local ([::1]) with mapi id 14.01.0339.001; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:59:39 -0400 Thread-Topic: reading a variable from the user Thread-Index: AQHNprh0mRnL1jDmZEaaL4TBU0tNx5eyjqJA In-Reply-To: <1349853875855-266778.post@n5.nabble.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.0.21.202] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows XP/2000 (RFC1323+, w+, tstamp-) X-Received-From: 207.246.209.200 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:87152 Archived-At: Drain, Are you looking for a command or a function? If you're looking for a command: Francesco Mazzoli suggested `(interactive "v...")' for a command, and Tassi= lo Horn suggested using the help system: `C-h v RET'. There= 's also `M-x apropos', which will match regular expressions. All of those make sense if this is for *your* consumption. If you are looking for a function: I don't know of any such function right off. You might want to learn about = `obarray' and `(mapatoms)'. I hope this helps. ,Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=3Dshubertticketing.com@gnu.org > [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dougl=3Dshubertticketing.com@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of drain > Sent: Wednesday, 2012 October 10 03:25 > To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: reading a variable from the user >=20 > Is there a function that prompts the user in the mini-buffer, matches > the > string input with a local variable name, and then returns the variable? >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- > View this message in context: > http://emacs.1067599.n5.nabble.com/reading-a-variable-from-the-user- > tp266778.html > Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.