mred:set-preference-un/marshall

   

• (mred:set-preference-un/marshall symbol marshall unmarshall) -> void
      symbol : symbol
      marshall : a function which maps the prefernce's actual value to a printable representation
      unmarshall : a function which maps the prefernce's printable representation to an actual value

  mred:set-preference-un/marshall is used to specify marshalling and unmarshalling functions for the preference symbol. marshall will be called when the suers saves their preferences to turn the preference value for symbol into a printable value. unmarshall will be called when the user's preferences are read from the file to transform the printable value into it's internal representation. If mred:set-preference-un/marshall is never called, the values are assumed to be printable.

  mred:set-preference-un/marshall must be called before calling  mred:get-preference%.