Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable

[Stefan Monnier]

> This feature should not be limited to only customizable variables.

Agreed.

> BTW, it does not seem hard to implement.  One only needs to (prin1 ...)
> the value to a buffer where the user can modify it and then it can
> be read back with (read).

Indeed.  Tho you'll also want to pretty print it.
Maybe even better would be to make the *Help* buffer writable, mark all
the non-value text as read-only and bind C-c C-c to a new command
`help-set-variable'.

> Another thing: buffer local variables should be handled somehow.

Yes, that's very important, but not hard either.


        Stefan