From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thorsten Jolitz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Is there something between `prin1-to-string' and `princ'? Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:33:54 +0200 Message-ID: <87li2ltckt.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380105279 3184 80.91.229.3 (25 Sep 2013 10:34:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:34:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 25 12:34:42 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOmQb-0003XK-7S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:34:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51339 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOmQa-0002KK-SC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:34:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42380) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOmQD-0002B2-Je for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOmQ5-0004WA-3w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:34:17 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:33650) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOmQ4-0004Vw-Ty for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:34:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOmQ3-00036I-1g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:34:07 +0200 Original-Received: from g231232115.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.231.232.115]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:34:07 +0200 Original-Received: from tjolitz by g231232115.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:34:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 38 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: g231232115.adsl.alicedsl.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.130002 (Ma Gnus v0.2) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2r9qrfWOo7zUb+EnReOWy6JDFPU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:93555 Archived-At: Hi List, using `prin1-to-string' on a property list gives me: ,------------------------------------------------------------- | ... :CATEGORY "tmp2" :title (#("C2 " 0 3 (:parent nil))) ... `------------------------------------------------------------- using `princ' gives me: ,----------------------------------- | ... :CATEGORY tmp2 :title (C2) ... `----------------------------------- but what I want is either ,----------------------------------- | ... :CATEGORY "tmp2" :title (C2) ... `----------------------------------- or even better ,----------------------------------- | ... :CATEGORY "tmp2" :title ("C2") ... `----------------------------------- but there seems to be no print command or configuration option that gives me strings quoted, but text without properties at the same time? PS this is not about `buffer-substring-no-properties' or so, its about how to print out a *given* property list in a certain format. -- cheers, Thorsten