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RE: How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in.emacs w/


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in.emacs w/ setq!)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:14:48 -0800

> > How change value of any variable at run time? (not just in .emacs)
> > I can use setq in .emacs but I don't know about run time.
> 
>     M-x set-variable

No. `set-variable' is only for user options.

You can use `set-any-variable', from simple+.el to set any variable.
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/simple%2b.el

> You can also evaluate any code with M-: so this also works:
> 
>     M-: (setq variable ...)

Yes.

See also `setq-default'.






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