From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Josh Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:51:08 -0800 Message-ID: References: <40518EF2-01D7-4F2B-B3BE-9B0686D3DE3D@gmail.com> <87fvouzv1l.fsf@gmail.com> <87fvouormm.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389559907 2356 80.91.229.3 (12 Jan 2014 20:51:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom , emacs-devel To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_T=E1vora?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 12 21:51:55 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 1W2S0e-0004h7-T7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 21:51:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39421 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2S0e-0001gC-Hf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:51:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57028) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2S0X-0001fu-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:51:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2S0S-0002e7-72 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:51:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com ([209.85.212.180]:55778) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W2S0S-0002du-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:51:40 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id d13so2784wiw.13 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:51:38 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8WksAy2Z9gOAWHwgtO6HodLprcyO2BzYpZ8lyCmzYDc=; b=Fft+sxErEHpDjMfk3W6BTyiP5lS2qIGNZ/DD4Y2SPOwRvLx/yIRcyY4hzczq+RR0Ne ol5CB6n+G9nw+GXNJMaEZ4keSunmDtAKgaK2euxKuHgQKTEx8UZ53xRKIOWvjWtmdnFB WAT1/Bv2PtbeTxahuSFqtSq26JJNPgbVpXZaKiOj4kJ4+vU0Ui1Vfoc3haSG/cvflhwg DDOOTFiX0KiDbbWEgfXmxudKRdseXkXtfa/uRfYnazcKpMlQjjehzuHg3L3OdDME089y HiGRQX+3K1z5x68cusfxCuYOgW3mfSrp6AKzAach1iILMfUE8vozsZvU4l9NSPqYbOFc MA5g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkwN6sZ7Ho84Mou7wmSrWskX0SHFZ/ajNge3jbElSmrnyj0Ul2O+z0SbngVM6q1bVh5XUS3 X-Received: by 10.194.1.238 with SMTP id 14mr5518503wjp.20.1389559898594; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:51:38 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.194.165.226 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:51:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87fvouormm.fsf@gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: b9qr7X3r_2_d7JED2Krk9aZvO1A X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.212.180 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:168239 Archived-At: On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Jo=E3o T=E1vora wro= te: >> Your solution can be useful for primitive types, but handling >> more complex values in the echo area would not be really convenient. > > On the other hand, the minibuffer can do multi-line-editing, I don't > find that inconvenient. Deepak Goel's miniedit library[0] makes such editing quite pleasant. [0] http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MiniEdit