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envelope-from=thibault@thb.lt; helo=7.mo576.mail-out.ovh.net X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:247795 Archived-At: On a very recent (about yesterday) Emacs from HEAD, apropos lists interned keywords as undocumented variables. Eg, the following invocation: M-x apropos RET distant-foreground RET displays the following output: > Type RET on a type label to view its full documentation. > > :distant-foreground > Variable: (not documented) > Value: :distant-foreground This is technically correct --- keywords are variable-ish --- but quite useless. At best, keywords just add noise to `apropos` output. At worst, they may be misleading, since an user may assume they can somehow control something by setq'ing a keyword. Regards, Thibault