Re: Defaults for set-variable

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:

>>      > I see only one way to avoid this inconsistency - to have two
>>      > commands: `set-variable' for setting variables, and
>>      > `set-user-option' for setting user options.
>>
>>     Why not `C-u M-x set-variable' to set any variable (not just user
>>     options), just like `C-u M-x apropos-variable' shows all variables.
>>
>> I would have proposed that long ago, but `C-u' is already defined to
>> set the variable buffer locally.
>
> `C-u C-u M-x set-variable'?

And `C-u C-u C-u M-x set-variable' 
is used to set the buffer-local value of any variable... 

1/2 :-)


I would rather reserve C-u M-x set-variable for set any
variable, and make a new command

  M-x set-variable-buffer-local

to set the buffer local value.  It would also have a C-u prefix to
allow setting any variable.


However, if we _don't_ change this, I think it would make a lot
of sense if C-u M-x set-variable changed to prompt from
"Set variable" to "Set variable in <buffer>".


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