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> From: Svend Tollak Munkejord <stm+direct_reply@bacchus.pvv.org>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 09:20:38 +0100
> 
> >> 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 :-)

What I meant to tell you, in case it still isn't clear, that invoking
apropos-variable with a numeric prefix argument will show you the
variables like system-type.  That is, try

  C-u M-x apropos-variable RET system RET