(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
(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