setf

(symbol-function ‘foo) is a Generalized Variable in elisp, so you can use: (setf (symbol-function ‘forward-word) #’backward-word) as an alternative to: (fset ‘forward-word #’backward-word) (As a side-note, you can do the same thing with cl-letf as a replacement for the deprecated flet when you want to override a function using dynamic scope.) solved Lisp: Find the … Read more