RE: evaluation output too short

[Drew Adams]

> When I evaluate load-path (and presumbly other variables whose
> stringified form is "too" long), most of the result is truncated in
> the mini-buffer (and messages buffer). How can I send output to a
> scrollable buffer that shows the entire contents of the evaluation? I
> found describe-variable, but I don't want to have to bother with that
> every time I evaluate something.

Use `M-x pp-eval-expression'.
Personally, I bind it to `M-:' in place of `eval-expression'.

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EvaluatingExpressions#PpPlus