Re: Defaults for set-variable

[Juri Linkov]

>>     I don't like the idea of encouraging Emacs users to set variables
>>     that are not user options.
>>
>> Me neither.  I intended it as a convenience for Lisp programmers.
>
> Any Lisp programmer should be able to use M-:

M-: is not convenient as this new command.  It doesn't provide variable
name completion, default values and setting local variables.

> or build his own interactive setq function.

The goal of adding it to Emacs is to share this useful command among
Lisp programmers.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/