From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: An easier way to edit variables Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:56:34 +0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1421254608 26752 80.91.229.3 (14 Jan 2015 16:56:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:56:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: Tom Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 14 17:56:42 2015 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 1YBRFI-0004uf-BJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:56:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47117 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBRFH-0001lz-SA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:56:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58766) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBRFE-0001lV-RG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:56:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBRFD-000705-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:56:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::231]:42802) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBRFD-0006zm-QL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:56:35 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f177.google.com with SMTP id rd18so9857245iec.8 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:56:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=tKZDB2cfIdfbkzkNi/po7HJCh4DKQb9ECMoE9KiLXY0=; b=BHx2AdCk5IlmpRZr5kE1bEc3thUY/bUqF/PR0l2J/MWqNy9SSfXi1rP4NBF/QwlqMs Z4JaUKrKD+sk74JfbvrJ4qq9ETOWS5ZvOMDqq1n5zlUDciZfRQkJPsE/GVXcFPPyIjhf ygKAn1GVRf10wgRyonRvT9bLkugVb4/01yADmCklZOILT46rv6BIZYM3q7TEQ5PSkkyU jCYt4SNt8Bi8JrQgnDRvezjKgLpHyUASiWiYeNQVS0WqixEKN3yLlWwgzNki3w97eVaK UggOq+XbxeVEF779csoLyQBNZ7UK1kHAjbq8iUkuoIWj4xyoycnRbRf7Z4F2rE3/7UMR i7Hw== X-Received: by 10.107.11.10 with SMTP id v10mr5357261ioi.12.1421254594632; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:56:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.107.48.82 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:56:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: VRMclbq2tTj6zRMlIXrGvsFMWqE X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::231 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:181259 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:09 PM, Tom wrote: > Yes, I also know about these, but still if I want to change the > value of some variable then I have to copy its name and value into > scratch the change and evaluate it there, etc. > > It would be much more convenient to simply press 'e', edit the value in > place and apply it. It might be even more convenient if pressing the key prepared a nicely formatted (setq VARIABLE-NAME CURRENT-VALUE) form and presented *that* in a lisp-interaction-mode buffer. Then it could be edited and evaluated right there, and/or copy-pasted into an .emacs.d/init.el.