[comp.emacs] how do you change the default value of a variable

drw@culdev1.UUCP (10/03/87)

How do you change the default value of a variable, namely
'mode-line-buffer-identification'?  I can't find this in the online
documentation.

Dale
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ram-ashwin@YALE.ARPA (Ashwin Ram) (10/05/87)

>    How do you change the default value of a variable ...

Try setq-default.

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