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From: Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es>
Cc: John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable'
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:18:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020712091229.2E79.LEKTU@terra.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200207111925.g6BJPuO03928@rum.cs.yale.edu>

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:25:55 -0400, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu> wrote:

> Go for it, although I'd personally put the info near the
> first line (as is done for function aliases) rather than near
> the bottom.

And speaking of that: why does `describe-variable' put that useless
"Documentation:" header? `describe-function' does not do it, i.e.:

> auto-save-hook's value is nil
> 
> Documentation:
> Normal hook run just before auto-saving.
> 
> Defined in `files'.

vs.

> assq-delete-all is a compiled Lisp function in `subr'.
> (assq-delete-all KEY ALIST)
> 
> Delete from ALIST all elements whose car is KEY.
> Return the modified alist.



                                                           /L/e/k/t/u

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-07-12  7:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-10  9:42 mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' John Paul Wallington
2002-07-11 19:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-12  0:30   ` John Paul Wallington
2002-07-12 10:17     ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12 15:25       ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-15 15:40         ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-16 11:31         ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17  3:04           ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-17  8:02             ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 13:06               ` arglist in docstring (was: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' ) Stefan Monnier
2002-07-17 13:51                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 14:33                   ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-17 15:02                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 14:21                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-17 14:31                   ` Stefan Monnier
2002-07-17 15:15                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-18 14:55                   ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-18 15:25                     ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-18 21:14                       ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-19  6:28                         ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12  7:18   ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
2002-07-12  7:55     ` mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable' John Paul Wallington
2002-07-12  8:00       ` Miles Bader
2002-07-12  8:47         ` John Paul Wallington
2002-07-12 10:26           ` Juanma Barranquero
2002-07-12 15:25         ` Stefan Monnier

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