From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 03:54:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (set-variable): Offer variable at point as default.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.3~920
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e9dfb72ec11018390e1b00d6bd3c151d82c94f94;p=emacs.git

(set-variable): Offer variable at point as default.
---

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index ae4ce391110..e025788bb70 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -3549,7 +3549,12 @@ it were the arg to `interactive' (which see) to interactively read VALUE.
 
 If VARIABLE has been defined with `defcustom', then the type information
 in the definition is used to check that VALUE is valid."
-  (interactive (let* ((var (read-variable "Set variable: "))
+  (interactive
+   (let* ((default-var (variable-at-point))
+          (var (if (symbolp default-var)
+                   (read-variable (format "Set variable (default %s): " default-var)
+                                  default-var)
+                 (read-variable "Set variable: ")))
 		      (minibuffer-help-form '(describe-variable var))
 		      (prop (get var 'variable-interactive))
 		      (prompt (format "Set %s to value: " var))