# HG changeset patch
# User Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
# Date 1129885215 0
# Node ID 5f52c9ace731497b29a73532cc05cc5b412f5323
# Parent  3213e48ea8b3a51a90b6b311ccf370eec0d0137c
(Examining): Mention accessing the old variable value via M-n in set-variable.

diff -r 3213e48ea8b3 -r 5f52c9ace731 man/custom.texi
--- a/man/custom.texi	Fri Oct 21 08:55:12 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/custom.texi	Fri Oct 21 09:00:15 2005 +0000
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@
   The most convenient way to set a specific user option variable is
 with @kbd{M-x set-variable}.  This reads the variable name with the
 minibuffer (with completion), and then reads a Lisp expression for the
-new value using the minibuffer a second time.  For example,
+new value using the minibuffer a second time (you can insert the old
+value into the minibuffer for editing via @kbd{M-n}).  For example,
 
 @example
 M-x set-variable @key{RET} fill-column @key{RET} 75 @key{RET}