From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il>
Subject: Re: string func to use in .emacs
Date: 26 Jan 2004 09:03:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u65ez2nv2.fsf@elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877jzfz9fw.fsf@tulip.whu.ca> (message from Peter Wu on Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:16:02 -0500)
> From: Peter Wu <peterwu@hotmail.com>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:16:02 -0500
>
> > (defun string-trim-right (str)
> > (with-temp-buffer
> > (insert str)
> > (delete-trailing-whitespace)
> > (buffer-string)))
>
> I tried to use the func and got an error:
>
> Symbol's value as variable is void: string-trim-right
>
> My code:
>
> (string-trim-right("Emacs "))
> => "Emacs" (the expected output)
You need to evaluate the function's definition, otherwise how will
Emacs know what is string-trim-right? To do that, put the cursor
after the right closing paren of the function, and type "C-x C-e".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-26 7:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-25 5:11 string func to use in .emacs Peter Wu
2004-01-25 6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.1300.1075012227.928.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-01-25 14:21 ` Peter Wu
2004-01-25 17:45 ` Mario Domgörgen
2004-01-26 0:26 ` Peter Wu
2004-01-26 0:44 ` Jesper Harder
2004-01-26 3:16 ` Peter Wu
2004-01-26 3:57 ` Jesper Harder
2004-01-26 14:55 ` Peter Wu
2004-01-26 7:03 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2004-01-25 17:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
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