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-rw-r--r--lisp/help-fns.el10
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