From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55096: Eldoc showing elisp variable value beside docs Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:09:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87levt60u4.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11698"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 55096@debbugs.gnu.org To: emacsq Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 25 10:10:55 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nito6-0002th-V7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:10:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38040 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nito5-0002NB-Io for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:10:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nitnH-0002LF-DI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39259) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nitnG-0000Il-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nitnG-0002MM-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55096 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55096-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55096.16508741909042 (code B ref 55096); Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55096) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Apr 2022 08:09:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33155 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nitn4-0002Lm-Bt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:09:50 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:47738) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nitn1-0002LT-Tm for 55096@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:09:48 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=g1KbYrNBKlmswnscn72I1z3MJUojo7bE6a9TmOcX2F8=; b=Or+YPtQ6VNgmnUa3j5gZAfZilo SyT6g7ypW5FRcyGbeNEhXGX8WRM+bhUOrH9oBsdtfPnO8qAsePnUj13X3F9OYsg5Jh7caCpozgw/A VrrhQX4lOPOBwwt/zs/AqwHXY2679dkZRf+AnljrXBceF4Tp1h6rZd8rv2Cujdy1oef4=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nitmt-0008AJ-SR; Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:09:42 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Prince's _Sign 'O' the Times (4): Vault Tracks I_: "Power Fantastic (Live in Studio)" In-Reply-To: (emacsq's message of "Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:24:36 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:230618 Archived-At: emacsq writes: > Eldoc showing the docs in the minibuffer is quite useful, but I often > check elisp variable values too in the code, and it can be quite handy > if eldoc shows that too simply by putting cursor on the variable. This would only work for global values, and in that case, you can just `C-x C-e' the variable if you're interested in the value. So it seems like this would be of marginal utility. Anybody else got an opinion here? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no