Re: newbie question

[Emilio Lopes <eclig@gmx.net>]

Tim R Even writes:

> This seems mysterious to me because (run (xview "<file-name>.THM"))
> works, while (run (xview (car (glob "*.THM")))) signals an error.

> What am I missing?

The arguments passed to `run' are implicitly (quasi)quoted, so that
you can say things like

   (run (ls /tmp))

You have to "unquote" arguments that you want to have evaluated:

   (let ((dir "/tmp"))
     (run (ls ,dir)))

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Emílio C. Lopes
Munich, Germany