Re: Modifying a variable from describe-variable

[Tom]

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> 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'.
> 

Using the Help buffer has the additional advantage that the user can see
the documentation of the variable while tinkering with its value.