From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chuck Siska Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: question about completing read Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:01:30 -0700 Organization: Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <3D8A10FA.EC5931B8@skyworksinc.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032458579 3405 127.0.0.1 (19 Sep 2002 18:02:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:02:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17s5dg-0000sV-00 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:02:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17s5e1-00009v-00; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:03:17 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17s5d8-0008OV-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:02:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17s5d6-0008NK-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:02:22 -0400 Original-Received: from cnxtsmtp2.conexant.com ([198.62.9.253]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17s5d6-0008NG-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:02:20 -0400 Original-Received: from npbsmtp1.conexant.com (npbsmtp1.nb.conexant.com [157.152.161.153]) by cnxtsmtp2.conexant.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA19818; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:01:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from krone.nb-engr.skyworksinc.com ([10.16.7.10]) by npbsmtp1.conexant.com (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.10) with ESMTP id 2002091911011592:91265 ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:01:15 -0700 Original-Received: from skyworksinc.com (SISKA-5642B.nb.conexant.com [172.19.41.56]) by krone.nb-engr.skyworksinc.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8JI1UxX004537; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:01:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Original-To: Help Gnu Emacs X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on NPBSMTP1/Server/Conexant(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 09/19/2002 11:01:15 AM, Serialize by Router on NPBSMTP1/Server/Conexant(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 09/19/2002 11:01:16 AM, Serialize complete at 09/19/2002 11:01:16 AM Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1634 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1634 klaus -- i've used the alist with a font's readable string name, e.g., "terminal 9" in the car and its system descriptor in the cdr. cheers. -- chuck Joe Casadonte wrote: > > On 19 Sep 2002, Klaus Berndl wrote: > > > First i supposed that the cdr of an element is returned when the car > > matches but obviously this is not the case ;-) > > > > Ok, what about these mysterious cdr's? > > I believe they are ignored. I guess it assumes an alist because > that's how it's often used. I know in most/all of my usages of > completing-read, it's been with an alist of values. You can then use > assoc to look up the cdr of the value. > > -- > Regards, > > joe > Joe Casadonte > jcasadonte@northbound-train.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Llama Fresh Farms => http://www.northbound-train.com > Gay Media Resource List => http://www.northbound-train.com/gaymedia.html > Perl for Win32 => http://www.northbound-train.com/perlwin32.html > Emacs Stuff => http://www.northbound-train.com/emacs.html > Music CD Trading => http://www.northbound-train.com/cdr.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Free, that's the message! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs -- |\_/\_.-'""``:-._ What is life without looking for . . `; -._ )-;-,_`) the next cute little bug to play with? v_,- _ ),(,.\ ``-' _.- _.,-_/ / ((.' -- chuck.siska@skyworksinc.com `<}:.. ((,.-' ((,/