* bug#2848: describe-variable's completions vs. set-variable's completions
@ 2009-04-01 18:39 jidanni
2009-04-01 22:56 ` bug#2848: describe-variable's completions vs. set-variable'scompletions Drew Adams
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From: jidanni @ 2009-04-01 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
default-truncate-lines is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is nil
OK, then why does set-variable not allow me to set it in the
minibuffer? "No match".
emacs-version "22.2.1"
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* bug#2848: describe-variable's completions vs. set-variable'scompletions
2009-04-01 18:39 bug#2848: describe-variable's completions vs. set-variable's completions jidanni
@ 2009-04-01 22:56 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2009-04-01 22:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jidanni, 2848, bug-gnu-emacs
> default-truncate-lines is a variable defined in `C source code'.
> Its value is nil
>
> OK, then why does set-variable not allow me to set it in the
> minibuffer? "No match".
>
> emacs-version "22.2.1"
Because it's not a *user* variable, that is, an option.
An option is a variable that you can set using `M-x set-variable'.
Options include, as a proper subset, customizable options, that is, variables
that you can set and save using Customize.
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