From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using setq to obtain a symbol from a list, so that I can assign a function to it Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:54:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <48505b79-009c-42c9-912f-219a06474731@f24g2000prh.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208871683 22614 80.91.229.12 (22 Apr 2008 13:41:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:41:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 22 15:41:55 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JoIkM-00034b-MM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:41:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JoIjh-0006vH-47 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:40:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:54:06 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b2 (Intel Mac OS X) Original-Lines: 17 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.108.171 Original-X-Trace: sv3-S2OxShTzWILWds/ICQZsnBER2UyuWa1PbnIubI9LnQFjfSwYbatFR/zWbgQQr+KQuFfBgTI+MqSoLqy!Gy90oCG3nf2jLht9zGMzw+ii80LA/xZonjbgLxUvxFOXOE7njbd2uCcu79Ln9vMV9Fyu9XK1+1R2!ut65B6cQRI4nViS5yyOiDSEykhuKn0UZVwk8fqE= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.38 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158107 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53470 Archived-At: In article , srinik001@hotmail.com wrote: > Oops... I got the subject wrong. Instead of > > " Using setq to obtain a symbol from a list, so that I can assign a > function to it", it should read, "Using setq to assign value to the > result of a function". Sorry about that. Use set instead of setq. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***