From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7056: 24.0.50; Spurious vars in C-h v completion Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:04:06 -0400 Message-ID: <87hbhopdah.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284740102 26914 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2010 16:15:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:15:02 +0000 (UTC) To: 7056@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 17 18:14:59 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OwdaU-0007FR-4U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:14:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58219 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OwdaT-0006Lr-Bq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Documentation: Not documented as a variable. Similar for `end', `v', and `val'. I think `v' and `val' come from let-bindings in describe-variable; not sure about `beg' and `end'. The call to completing-read in describe-variable should do something to filter out these false completions. GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of 2010-09-16 on furry