From: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 58137-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58137: 28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:26:44 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YzUQdGNPIyAJQvAc@hera.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87leq3ycn1.fsf@gnus.org>
On Wed 28 Sep 2022 13:14:10 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I wish M-x setenv, when setting a variable that already has a value,
> > defaulted to that value (instead of the empty string).
> >
> > This would make it easier to make minor adjustments to a long messy value.
> > The history is already there (M-p), but it's input history.
> > If the variable was initially set outside of Emacs, it won't be in history.
>
> M-x setenv RET PATH RET M-n
>
> will bring you the current value from the "future history". This is how
> most prompting commands in Emacs work.
I confirm that this works -- thanks.
I can't believe I never discovered this before!
If I had known about this 20 years ago I might not have bothered with ido :-P
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-29 3:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-28 9:56 bug#58137: 28.1; M-x setenv RET PATH RET should default to the current $PATH Trent W. Buck
2022-09-28 11:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-29 3:26 ` Trent W. Buck [this message]
2022-09-28 12:42 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-28 12:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-09-28 13:09 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-28 14:28 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-09-28 14:56 ` Robert Pluim
2022-09-28 13:35 ` Stefan Kangas
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