From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [External] : Supplying DOC string in a `defun' using `defvar' Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 02:40:49 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15014"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) Cc: "ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com" , Help Gnu Emacs To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 01 01:43:36 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lnrZI-0003ja-Qf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:43:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41102 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lnrZG-00056J-Je for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 19:43:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37902) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lnrYQ-000561-GJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 19:42:42 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:55117) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lnrYO-0003Cf-RR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 19:42:42 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.35]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000ADF27.0000000060B5746D.000005B2; Mon, 31 May 2021 16:42:37 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Drew Adams , "ludvig-faddeev@gmx.com" , Help Gnu Emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130407 Archived-At: * Drew Adams [2021-06-01 02:21]: > > Can the DOC string in a `defun' be supplied using a `defvar'? > > In a `defun'? No. But you can do it this way: > > (let ((toto "WHAT?!!!!")) > (put 'bar 'function-documentation toto)) > > (describe-function 'bar) If I could rename symbol then it would be possible that way to generate functions by using `defun' -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/