Re: variable's documentation string

[pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)]

TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com> writes:

> That should be
> (defvar myVar 2 "This is the documentation string")  ; typo in the
> post only

Here, it works well:

(defvar myVar 2 "This is the documentation string")     ; C-x C-e
(documentation-property 'myVar 'variable-documentation) ; C-x C-e
--> "This is the documentation string"

Have you evaluated the defvar form?

Was the documentation string present in the first occurence of defvar
for that variable?

(defvar a)                                           
(defvar a "Documentation of A")
(documentation-property 'a 'variable-documentation) 
--> nil

(setf (documentation-property 'a 'variable-documentation) 
       "New documentation of A")
(documentation-property 'a 'variable-documentation) 
--> "New documentation of A"

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__Pascal Bourguignon__