title: (wx)Maxima: create a list of characters (as strings) without having to quote each character, individually?
body: <p>I frequently find myself needing to create a list of characters, e.g.</p>
  <pre><code>xopts:[&quot;p&quot;, &quot;q&quot;, &quot;r&quot;, &quot;s&quot;, &quot;t&quot;, &quot;u&quot;, &quot;v&quot;, &quot;x&quot;, &quot;y&quot;, &quot;z&quot;]; 
  </code></pre>
  <p>and was looking for a way to produce these lists, without having to wrap every character in <code>&quot;</code>'s.</p>