From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: apropos commands for commands, user options, all functions, all variables Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:45 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87lk9qx51d.fsf@jurta.org> References: <877ilg5hfl.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193348779 10888 80.91.229.12 (25 Oct 2007 21:46:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:46:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 25 23:46:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IlAWp-0006qA-FW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:46:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IlAWh-0002hh-1g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:46:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IlAW1-0002NG-HA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IlAVz-0002Mr-S6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IlAVz-0002MW-KP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from gnome.kiev.sovam.com ([212.109.32.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IlAVw-0007vc-8I; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:45:16 -0400 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]) by gnome.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IlAVr-000AUN-6u; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:45:13 +0300 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IlAVo-00050H-6g; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:45:08 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue\, 23 Oct 2007 03\:12\:22 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 233cb89e4cdd9c68f6fe52a505261b56 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1674 [Oct 25 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 25 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:81719 Archived-At: > I often use my own implementation of `set-variable' that doesn't restrict > its argument only to options. I wonder what is more easy way to > interactively change the variable's value in Emacs? > > Do you find it more convenient in practice to use this > rather than eval a setq? Yes, `set-variable' is a very convenient method of changing the variable's value interactively. > If so, can you explain why it is more convenient for you? It is convenient for several reasons: 1. picks up the default variable name from the buffer; 2. provides completion for the variable name; 3. provides the old variable's value as default for editing in the minibuffer (by typing M-n); -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/