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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:08:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh4ehaqr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52D14E90.5010206@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:00:48 +0100")

martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> writes:

>> As long as you only read and not evaluate the expression, this should be
>> straightforward.
>
> Isn't editing and evaluating what the OP wants to do?

My impression was that editing and _setting_ the variable was what he
wanted to do.  Evaluation would only get in the way for that.

-- 
David Kastrup



  reply	other threads:[~2014-01-11 14:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-10 20:16 Modifying a variable from describe-variable Tom
2014-01-11  0:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-11  4:14 ` Ivan Andrus
2014-01-11  4:22   ` Daniel Colascione
2014-01-11  5:18   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-11  6:50   ` Tom
2014-01-11 10:12     ` João Távora
2014-01-11 16:45       ` Tom
2014-01-12  2:34         ` João Távora
2014-01-12  6:41           ` Tom
2014-01-12 22:44             ` Stefan Monnier
2014-01-13  6:49               ` Tom
2014-01-12 20:51           ` Josh
2014-01-11 10:25     ` martin rudalics
2014-01-11 10:29       ` David Kastrup
2014-01-11 14:00         ` martin rudalics
2014-01-11 14:08           ` David Kastrup [this message]
2014-01-11 16:50             ` Tom

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