bug#36826: 26.1; request: add variable value editing feature to the *Help* buffer

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

ndame <emacsuser@freemail.hu> writes:

> Bind the currently unused key 'e' to edit the variable's value, maybe
> in a separate popup buffer if the value is complex. E.g. the user
> presses e, the value pops up rendered in editable lisp format, the
> user edits it in place, presses C-c C-c and the variable is set to the
> new value.

I think this sounds useful.  I'm often rooting around not quite sure
what variable I'm looking for in the help buffers, and trying different
values, and having a command to make this faster would be nice.  There's
`customize-variable', but I...  just don't like it.  (And besides, not
all variables are customisable...)

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