Re: Displaying outline-heading-alist and outline-regexp in a dedicated buffer

Jean Louis <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:59:02 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
* Heime <[email protected]> [2026-07-10 04:57]:
> How may I print the values of outline-heading-alist and outline-regexp 
> in a dedicated buffer?

(defun my-print-outline-variables ()
  "Display outline-heading-alist and outline-regexp in a dedicated buffer."
  (interactive)
  (let ((buf (get-buffer-create "*Outline Variables*")))
    (with-current-buffer buf
      (erase-buffer)
      (insert (format "Outline Variables\n")
              (format "=================\n\n")
              (format "outline-regexp:\n  %s\n\n"
                      (prin1-to-string outline-regexp))
              (format "outline-heading-alist:\n  %s\n"
                      (prin1-to-string outline-heading-alist))))
    (display-buffer buf)))

-- 
Jean Louis