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From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Execute a string as a command
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:59:22 -0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151106035922.GG3301@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-6B204C.22364205112015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>

* Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> [151105 18:51]:
> In article <mailman.1811.1446780244.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
>  Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > Example : A string has the value of :
> > "toggle-truncate-lines"
> > 
> > (setq string-wants-to-be-a-command "toggle-truncate-lines")
> > 
> > How may I convert 'string-wants-to-be-a-command to a command:
> > I.E. => (toggle-truncate-lines) to be used programmatically?
> > 
> > thanks
> 
> (call-interactively (intern string-wants-to-be-a-command))
  That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew about 'intern, but
  had tried eval, make-symbol and others to no evail.

  thanks very much.
-- 
Tim 
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com



  reply	other threads:[~2015-11-06  3:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.1811.1446780244.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-11-06  3:36 ` Execute a string as a command Barry Margolin
2015-11-06  3:59   ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2015-11-06  3:59   ` Emanuel Berg
2015-11-06  3:23 Tim Johnson
2015-11-06  3:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-11-06  4:06   ` Tim Johnson
2015-11-06 21:47     ` Emanuel Berg
2015-11-07  1:32       ` Tim Johnson
2015-11-07  3:57         ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]       ` <mailman.1860.1446859974.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-11-07 18:32         ` Barry Margolin
2015-11-07 19:36           ` Tim Johnson
2015-11-06  4:40 ` Random832
2015-11-06  5:52   ` Tim Johnson
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1818.1446789151.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-11-06  9:43     ` Joost Kremers
2015-11-06 16:17       ` Tim Johnson
2015-11-06 16:49         ` Tim Johnson

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