Emacs: Show Variable Value, List Variables

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Show Variable Doc, Show Variable Value

Alt+x describe-variable
Show a variable's documentation and its current value.

For example, here's some emacs builtin variables. Try to find their value:

Tip: Another way to show the value of a variable is: type the variable in a buffer, then Alt+x eval-last-sexp. Result is shown in Messages Buffer

List Variables

Alt+x apropos-variable
Show variables that match PATTERN. Note: this does not show arbitrary elisp variables such as (setq xxx 3). Only those declared defvar, defconst, defcustom.

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