From: Joost Diepenmaat <joost@zeekat.nl>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in .emacs w/ setq!)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:31:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877i5y5yrl.fsf@zeekat.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1cd84fa4-dc11-4457-bee9-b7b77f589fe1@s9g2000prg.googlegroups.com
"seberino@spawar.navy.mil" <seberino@spawar.navy.mil> writes:
> How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in .emacs)
>
> I can use setq in .emacs but I don't know about run time.
There's nothing but runtime in emacs lisp. In other words, you can use
setq anywhen (although some extensions rely on certain variables being
defined or undefined before loading).
If you want to experiment, type "M-x ielm" to get an interactive elisp
environment.
--
Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-17 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-17 20:16 How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in .emacs w/ setq!) seberino
2008-12-17 20:30 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-12-17 21:14 ` How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in.emacs " Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.2982.1229548500.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-18 2:46 ` Chetan
2008-12-17 20:31 ` Joost Diepenmaat [this message]
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