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(Examining): Mention accessing the old variable value via M-n in set-variable.
author Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
date Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:00:15 +0000
parents 3213e48ea8b3
children 2f64a61beec6
files man/custom.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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}