From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36826: 26.1; request: add variable value editing feature to the *Help* buffer Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:00:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87czhfabm3.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17595"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 36826@debbugs.gnu.org To: ndame Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 17 19:01:14 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8Gv-0004T8-Or for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:01:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41254 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8Gu-0005h4-OP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:01:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38924) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8Gl-0005ey-02 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:01:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8Gk-0005Hd-N9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8Gk-0001fy-84 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:01:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 17:01:02 +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=B36826.16502148516405 (code B ref 36826); Sun, 17 Apr 2022 17:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36826) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Apr 2022 17:00:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37039 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8GY-0001fF-Nt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:00:50 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:44568) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8GW-0001f1-RK for 36826@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:00:49 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=IwPpJb2VrvgKi7Vbjui6OqhUekyA96hap64V9Popp3A=; b=I0Lt1ijcM8VrY5eapF0HXlrnMc /1iHEd+ZQb/ri0j77fTKG3SoTyZZk2qVJ5sHx+COBv2YSHuaW7iqvxFjK9JzPfNsGWni0BsUWtrk4 m6b3w3t0B75esS6CarV/8V3KEU5lEwnLRNRcb08cs6Zw5nEiwbDP31VpsT0p6dEQr9aA=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ng8GL-0007vQ-FJ; Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:00:42 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:01:12 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:230086 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > I think this sounds useful. I'm often rooting around not quite sure > what variable I'm looking for in the help buffers, and trying different > values, and having a command to make this faster would be nice. I've now added this to Emacs 29 -- doubly disabled by default, to discourage casual users from using it. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no