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Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable |
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Sun, 12 Jan 2014 17:44:32 -0500 |
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> This feature should not be limited to only customizable variables.
Agreed.
> BTW, it does not seem hard to implement. One only needs to (prin1 ...)
> the value to a buffer where the user can modify it and then it can
> be read back with (read).
Indeed. Tho you'll also want to pretty print it.
Maybe even better would be to make the *Help* buffer writable, mark all
the non-value text as read-only and bind C-c C-c to a new command
`help-set-variable'.
> Another thing: buffer local variables should be handled somehow.
Yes, that's very important, but not hard either.
Stefan
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