(defun list-options ()
"Display a list of Emacs user options, with values and documentation."
(interactive)
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*List Options*"))
- (Edit-options-mode))
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*List Options*"
(let (vars)
(mapatoms (function (lambda (sym)
(setq vars (sort vars 'string-lessp))
(while vars
(let ((sym (car vars)))
- (princ ";; ")
- (prin1 sym)
- (princ ":\n\t")
- (prin1 (symbol-value sym))
- (terpri)
- (princ (substitute-command-keys
- (documentation-property sym 'variable-documentation)))
- (princ "\n;;\n"))
- (setq vars (cdr vars)))))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer "*List Options*")
- (setq buffer-read-only t)))
+ (when (boundp sym)
+ (princ ";; ")
+ (prin1 sym)
+ (princ ":\n\t")
+ (prin1 (symbol-value sym))
+ (terpri)
+ (princ (substitute-command-keys
+ (documentation-property sym 'variable-documentation)))
+ (princ "\n;;\n"))
+ (setq vars (cdr vars))))
+ (with-current-buffer "*List Options*"
+ (Edit-options-mode)
+ (setq buffer-read-only t)))))
;;;###autoload
(defun edit-options ()
"Edit a list of Emacs user option values.
Selects a buffer containing such a list,
in which there are commands to set the option values.
-Type \\[describe-mode] in that buffer for a list of commands."
+Type \\[describe-mode] in that buffer for a list of commands.
+
+The Custom feature is intended to make this obsolete."
(interactive)
(list-options)
(pop-to-buffer "*List Options*"))