thanks

it is in 8.5.1 `defvar' and an asterisk of  emacs23.0.95.1.


2009/7/4 Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>

>
>
> BTW, I don't see the text or the example that you cited anywhere in the
> Elisp
> manual - in Emacs 20, 21, 22, or 23. Where did you find this? In the Elisp
> manual, node `Defining Variables', I see `*' described explicitly as
> pertaining
> to command `set-variable'.
>
> If the text you cited is in an Emacs 23 manual somewhere, then please file
> an
> Emacs (doc) bug, using `M-x report-emacs-bug'. Explain that the text you
> cited
> is not clear to you. In particular, "readily settable variable" is unclear.
> What
> is missing (in the text you cited) is an explicit reference to
> _interactive_
> setting using `M-x set-variable'.
>
>
>