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| author | Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> | 2022-06-17 16:03:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> | 2022-06-17 16:30:51 +0200 |
| commit | 250f9e7f8380e208d8ef32dd4d64218b41abbddf (patch) | |
| tree | 9ba175f797416669fee681f1f1e01e9676a3c38a /lisp/help-fns.el | |
| parent | af8ec14cd73888af462c8a67b5c1b0f613513a25 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-250f9e7f8380e208d8ef32dd4d64218b41abbddf.tar.gz | |
Improve help-enable-variable-value-editing help
* lisp/help-fns.el (help-enable-variable-value-editing): Expand
docstring to better explain what effect it has.
(help-fns-edit-variable): Use command substitution.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/help-fns.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/help-fns.el | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el index ca5750723f3..18b12ee7b37 100644 --- a/lisp/help-fns.el +++ b/lisp/help-fns.el @@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ with the current prefix. The files are chosen according to (defcustom help-enable-variable-value-editing nil "If non-nil, allow editing values in *Help* buffers. + +To edit the value of a variable, use \\[describe-variable] to +display a \"*Help*\" buffer, move point after the text +\"Its value is\" and type \\`e'. + Values that aren't readable by the Emacs Lisp reader can't be edited even if this option is enabled." :type 'boolean @@ -1376,9 +1381,10 @@ it is displayed along with the global value." (prin1 (nth 1 var) (current-buffer)) (pp-buffer) (goto-char (point-min)) - (insert (format ";; Edit the `%s' variable.\n" (nth 0 var)) - ";; C-c C-c to update the value and exit.\n\n") (help-fns--edit-value-mode) + (insert (format ";; Edit the `%s' variable.\n" (nth 0 var)) + (substitute-command-keys + ";; \\[help-fns-edit-mode-done] to update the value and exit.\n\n")) (setq-local help-fns--edit-variable var))) (defvar-keymap help-fns--edit-value-mode-map |