From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36826: 26.1; request: add variable value editing feature to the *Help* buffer Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 17:22:14 +0300 Message-ID: <83v9vkkjjd.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a7cx4g7f.fsf@web.de> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="21020"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, larsi@gnus.org, 36826@debbugs.gnu.org To: ndame Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 29 16:23:16 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6YU-0005Bc-MG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:23:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52572 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6YO-0006dz-DH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:23:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6YJ-0006do-JF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:23:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6YI-0003MM-PY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:23:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40055) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6YI-0003M8-MR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6YI-0001UU-GF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:23:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36826 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36826-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36826.15644101565684 (code B ref 36826); Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36826) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jul 2019 14:22:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48876 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6Xs-0001Tc-AV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:22:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44519) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6Xq-0001TO-22 for 36826@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:22:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44665) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6Xj-0002ls-Vr; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:22:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4080 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hs6Xj-0005Vl-71; Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:22:27 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from ndame on Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:38:25 +0000 (GMT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:164036 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:38:25 +0000 (GMT) > From: ndame > Cc: "36826@debbugs.gnu.org" <36826@debbugs.gnu.org> > > > - It is no fun for variables with complicated values, like large lists > of lists. Just a minibuffer prompt would not be nice. > > That's why I mentioned popup buffers for complicated values. It could > be especially useful for variables with complicated values like nested > lists. You just press e, a buffer pops up with the value, so you don't have > to manually copy it to scratch, etc. you can tweak it in place quickly and > set it with C-c C-c Would invoking Customize with 'e' fix most of the problems?