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Re: Execute a string as a command
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Execute a string as a command |
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Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:36:42 -0500 |
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In article <mailman.1811.1446780244.7904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> Example : A string has the value of :
> "toggle-truncate-lines"
>
> (setq string-wants-to-be-a-command "toggle-truncate-lines")
>
> How may I convert 'string-wants-to-be-a-command to a command:
> I.E. => (toggle-truncate-lines) to be used programmatically?
>
> thanks
(call-interactively (intern string-wants-to-be-a-command))
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Re: Execute a string as a command, Random832, 2015/11/05
Re: Execute a string as a command,
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