Re: Defaults for set-variable

[Sascha Wilde]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> wrote:

>>>     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,

well, it does, using M-TAB

> default values and setting local variables.

ack

>> or build his own interactive setq function.
>
> The goal of adding it to Emacs is to share this useful command among
> Lisp programmers.

You convinced me, being a quite convenient function, this might be a
good Idea.  But I also agree with Drew, that there should be no
default key-binding and it should be disabled.

cheers
sascha
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