Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

>>> This patch changes custom-unlispify-menu-entry to display symbols names
>>> with the "display" text property, but to keep the symbol name
underneath.
>>> This is good when using try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers, such as when
>>> writing the init file.
>>
>> Thanks, this is a nice idea.  Your patch allows to copy the symbol by M-w
>> and paste into a program as a symbol.
>
> But what happens when a variable name is expanded in the customization
buffer?
> (expanded in the sense that the down arrow is displayed before it)
> It seems the name displayed as a symbol, not as a human-readable string.

Hello Juri.

I think the problem you see is easily fixed with the attached patch.