From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Execute a string as a command
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 10:36:18 -0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151107193618.GM3301@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-0B8F90.13321207112015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>
* Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> [151107 09:44]:
> In article <mailman.1860.1446859974.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > * Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> [151106 12:47]:
> > > Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > I can't get to that phase for another day or two..
> > > > thanks, Emanuel.
> > >
> > > No, there are much better things for you to do than to
> > > digest that code. For example, ask yourself why you
> > > want to execute strings as commands, and if there is
> > > a better way still.
> > >
> > > That code of mine is more like a demo to show of
> > > skills and attract ohs and ahs. It is not really
> > > helpful (tho sometimes I use it so it *does* work).
> >
> > By this time, you've probably read from the continuation of this
> > thread that I had problems with setting up the menu structure so
> > that command objects could be read from it. Thus I used a string
> > representation to see if that could be evaluated.
>
> The usual way to implement things like this is with an association list.
> The key is the string that's displayed in the menu, and the value is a
> symbol that names a function or a lambda expression.
Absolutely. This is what I was finally able to make work:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(defun tj-toggle-funcs ()
"Toggle functions"
(interactive)
(let ((menu
'("" ("" ("1)Transient Mark Mode" . (transient-mark-mode))
("2)Truncate Lines" . (toggle-truncate-lines))
("3)Show Tabs" . (toggle-show-tabs-show-ws)))
(choice))
(setq choice (tmm-prompt menu))
(if choice
(eval choice))))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Any creative or instructive comments are more than welcome.
--
Tim
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-07 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-06 3:23 Execute a string as a command 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 [this message]
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
[not found] <mailman.1811.1446780244.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-11-06 3:36 ` Barry Margolin
2015-11-06 3:59 ` Tim Johnson
2015-11-06 3:59 ` Emanuel Berg
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