From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:08:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87eh4ehaqr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <40518EF2-01D7-4F2B-B3BE-9B0686D3DE3D@gmail.com> <52D11C26.1090600@gmx.at> <87vbxqhkvj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <52D14E90.5010206@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389449307 6430 80.91.229.3 (11 Jan 2014 14:08:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:08:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 11 15:08:34 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W1zEm-0007N7-Rn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:08:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33908 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1zEm-0000d7-61 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:08:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46440) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1zEj-0000cr-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:08:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1zEi-0004kX-SX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:08:29 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52103) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1zEi-0004kE-Oq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:08:28 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59278 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1zEi-0004Gg-De; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:08:28 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 179D3E0824; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:08:28 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <52D14E90.5010206@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Sat, 11 Jan 2014 15:00:48 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:168078 Archived-At: martin rudalics 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