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From: shirono@hcx3.SSD.HARRIS.COM
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: GNU Emacs string-to-symbol function
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Date: 30 Apr 89 14:33:00 GMT
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**>  comp.emacs  weiner@novavax.UUCP  Apr 30, 1989  <**
> Anyone know if there is a way to convert a string to a symbol-name in
> GNU Emacs Lisp?

   make-symbol:
   Return a newly allocated uninterned symbol whose name is NAME.
   Its value and function definition are void, and its property list is NIL.

> If some VERY nice soul could mail me a multi-part shar archive of a
> recent version of the GNU Emacs Lisp Programmers' Manual (go ahead and

The September 1988 version (I presume it is the latest version; it is the
one I have) is available from uunet via anonymous ftp.  It should also be
available via uucp, but I am not aware of the mechanics of such a
transaction.  You might want to inquire of postmaster@uunet.UUCP, or of
your friendly neighborhood postmaster@novavax.

--Roberto
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