Re: using variable names as args to interactive functions

[Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com>]

Stuart <stuart.tett@gmail.com> writes:
> I have some variables which I set at startup with setq. There are a
> bunch of variables that get set. Each is a string representing a
> directory path. I want a function which I can just type the variable
> name and it opens dired with that directory.
>
> However, this doesn't work because the interactive option "v" doesn't
> include the variables set with setq because this requires that: "A
> variable declared to be a user option (i.e., satisfying the predicate
> user-variable-p)."
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> (defun find-my-special-dir (dir)
> 	(interactive "vSpecial dir: ")
> 	(find-file dir))

Ask for a random expression:

(defun test (dir)
 (interactive "XExpression: ")
 (message (format "Got %S" dir)))

   M-x test RET
   (concat (first load-path) "/toto") RET

Gives:

   Got "/home/pjb/src/public/emacs//toto"

(my (first load-path) is "/home/pjb/src/public/emacs/").

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