Re: Defaults for set-variable

[Kim F. Storm]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

>> Which do you find more convenient for setting user options - setq or
>> set-variable? That is, you can use `M-: (setq foo '...)' today for user
>> options.  Do you, or do you use `M-x set-variable foo ...'?
>
> I use setq.
>
> `set-variable' doesn't offer much different really.  It's mainly
> useful as a gentle introduction for those who might be confused by
> lisp syntax and the presence of internal variables.

With my (rejected) support for making built-in functions 
interactive, you could make `set' interactive like this:

(put 'set 'interactive
  "vSet variable: \nXExpression: ")

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