From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using variable names as args to interactive functions Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:17:36 -0700 Message-ID: References: <96f5c9ae-3f50-4f54-9537-92a27cd618e8@f47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200367088 17588 80.91.229.12 (15 Jan 2008 03:18:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:18:08 +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 Jan 15 04:18:28 2008 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 1JEcJl-0005l2-M9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:18:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JEcJN-0007DN-9K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:18:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEcJ8-0007BY-0d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:46 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JEcJ6-0007BG-Fj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JEcJ6-0007BB-Cb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:44 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JEcJ6-0003ut-5c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:17:44 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JEcIy-00075M-P3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:17:36 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.162.159.170]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:17:36 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:17:36 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 51 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Macintosh/20071210) In-Reply-To: <96f5c9ae-3f50-4f54-9537-92a27cd618e8@f47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:50720 Archived-At: Stuart wrote: > 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)) > > > Example > -------------- > startup: > (setq my-special-dir-a "/path/to/my/special/dir") > > minibuffer: > Special dir: my-special-dir-a ,----[ C-h f user-variable-p RET ] | user-variable-p is a built-in function in `C source code'. | (user-variable-p variable) | | Return t if variable is intended to be set and modified by users. | (The alternative is a variable used internally in a Lisp program.) | A variable is a user variable if | (1) the first character of its documentation is `*', or | (2) it is customizable (its property list contains a non-nil value | of `standard-value' or `custom-autoload'), or | (3) it is an alias for another user variable. | Return nil if variable is an alias and there is a loop in the | chain of symbols. | | [back] `---- So: (defvar my-special-dir-a "/path/to/my/special/dir" "*Special directory `a'.") -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA