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* Execute a string as a command
@ 2015-11-06  3:23 Tim Johnson
  2015-11-06  3:53 ` Emanuel Berg
  2015-11-06  4:40 ` Random832
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Tim Johnson @ 2015-11-06  3:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emacs

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
-- 
Tim 
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com



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2015-11-06  4:06   ` Tim Johnson
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2015-11-07  1:32       ` Tim Johnson
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