Re: Operating system in an emacs variable?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Barman Brakjoller wrote:

> Oh? What a disapointment! The subject of this thread sounded really
> really cool; imagine putting a whole operating system into an emacs
> variable! That would have been really cool!

(defvar system
 (with-temp-buffer
   (insert-file-contents-literally
    (cond ((file-executable-p "/etc/init") "/etc/init")
           ((file-executable-p "C:\\sys\\windows.exe")        ; or whatever
            "C:\\sys\\windows.exe")))
   (buffer-string))
 "The current operating system.")


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