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On 2003-12-01, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il> wrote:

>> From: Svend Tollak Munkejord <stm+direct_reply@bacchus.pvv.org>
>> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
>> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:03:48 +0100
>>>
>>> The command "M-x apropos-variable RET system RET" will show you a list
>>> of all the variables that are useful for this and similar purposes.
>>> No need to guess or try-and-err.
>>
>> Here (GNU Emacs 21.3) "M-x apropos-variable RET system RET" lists

[...]

>> Nothing about `system-type'.
>
> You missed the doc string of apropos-variable.  If you read it, you
> will see the answer to this problem.

OK, thanks. I probably misunderstood you :-)
-- 
Svend Tollak Munkejord