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From: Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: re-defvar a variable without reloading emacs
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:54:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fxe4me7b.fsf@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.563.1244897480.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

ken <gebser@mousecar.com> writes:

> I've got a defvar'd variable in my .emacs which I want to redefine.  But
> rerunning (defvar somevar "someval") doesn't work

Use C-M-x (`eval-defun') on the form instead; from its docstring:

   If the current defun is actually a call to `defvar' or `defcustom',
   evaluating it this way resets the variable using its initial value
   expression even if the variable already has some other value.



       reply	other threads:[~2009-06-13 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.563.1244897480.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-06-13 13:54 ` Markus Triska [this message]
2009-06-13 12:51 re-defvar a variable without reloading emacs ken
2009-06-13 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-06-13 15:19   ` Drew Adams
2009-06-13 23:48     ` ken

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