From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Subject: describe-variable should try again with any trailing punctuation removed
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:06:47 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8765gagkwo.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FCE239F.5090907@yahoo.com> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:55:43 -0700")
Gentlemen, I was recently asked
K> What is the value of find-file-visit-truename?
well, I put the cursor on it and hit C-h v, and was not prompted with
its name, because of the trailing "?".
Indeed, only the last of these
find-file-visit-truename?
find-file-visit-truename.
find-file-visit-truename,
find-file-visit-truename
will get you prompted nicely.
So, brushing aside niceties like what characters are legal in variable
names, describe-variable should be more intelligent: if no match, try
again with any trailing punctuation removed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-21 17:06 UTC|newest]
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2003-12-03 17:55 ` emacsclient/dired ignores symlinks Kevin Rodgers
2003-12-21 16:46 ` Dan Jacobson
2003-12-21 17:06 ` Dan Jacobson [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.428.1072035315.868.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-12-22 18:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-12-26 17:37 ` Dan Jacobson
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