Re: Defaults for set-variable

[Miles Bader]

2005/11/1, Drew Adams <address@hidden>:
> It's convenient to have a command to do this, as a shortcut for M-: `(setq
> ...)' - with `C-u' local option and no eval of value.  Any chance of having
> a separate command, which works for any variable?

Er, "M-: (setq '" is _shorter_ than M-x set-variable RET .... (and
variable-name completion is available via M-TAB).

[For grabbing the name from the buffer, use `C-M-SPC M-w' ... `C-y' 
-- it looks like a mouthful in text, but it's quite fast in practice.]

-miles
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