helpful

commit fe8b552570cf685e27f35d8076b1d737437d97bc
parent 62aa8bd5befca1a99f30c91df700d8ac74799612
Author: Wilfred Hughes <me@wilfred.me.uk>
Date:   Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:39:45 +0000

Symbols needs to be quoted when reading in new values

E.g. try setting text-quoting-style

Diffstat:
M
CHANGELOG.md
 | 
3
+++
M
helpful.el
 | 
4
+++-

2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Helpful now correctly handles \= escapes in docstrings.
 
 Added disassemble buttons to byte-code functions in symbol properties.
 
+Fixed an issue with the prompt when setting variables to symbol
+values.
+
 # v0.5
 
 Allow function tracing to be enabled/disabled from Helpful buffers.
diff --git a/helpful.el b/helpful.el
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@ or disable if already enabled."
             (read-from-minibuffer
              "Eval: "
              (format
-              (if (consp sym-value) "(setq %s '%S)" "(setq %s %S)")
+              (if (or (symbolp sym-value) (consp sym-value))
+                  "(setq %s '%S)"
+                "(setq %s %S)")
               sym sym-value)
              read-expression-map t
              'read-expression-history))))