GNU bug report logs - #36826
26.1; request: add variable value editing feature to the *Help* buffer

Previous Next

Full log

Message #14 received at 36826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: ndame <emacsuser <at> freemail.hu>
Cc: 36826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36826: 26.1; request: add variable value editing feature to
 the *Help* buffer
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:01:12 +0200

ndame <emacsuser <at> freemail.hu> writes:

> Bind the currently unused key 'e' to edit the variable's value, maybe
> in a separate popup buffer if the value is complex. E.g. the user
> presses e, the value pops up rendered in editable lisp format, the
> user edits it in place, presses C-c C-c and the variable is set to the
> new value.

I think this sounds useful.  I'm often rooting around not quite sure
what variable I'm looking for in the help buffers, and trying different
values, and having a command to make this faster would be nice.  There's
`customize-variable', but I...  just don't like it.  (And besides, not
all variables are customisable...)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.