bug-gnu-emacs
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: is that value the original value or did I change it?


From: Kevin Rodgers
Subject: Re: is that value the original value or did I change it?
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:43:21 -0700

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> here's the typical C-h v output,
> bla-bla-bla value is t
> 
> Documentation:
> *If non-nil, offer to bla-bla-bla...
> 
> OK, but wouldn't it be neat for it to tell what its original or
> default value was, along with its current value?

Not really, IMO.

> That way one
> wouldn't have to poke around to see if it was one's .emacs that gave
> it the current value...

M-! emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(describe-variable (quote bla-bla-bla))'

> I'm talking about some default value checker,
> not just asking the author to note the default value in the
> documentation.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>



reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]