help-fns.el patch

help-fns.el patch

[Richard Stallman]

Would someone please install this in the trunk, then ack?

> 2007-01-24  Johan Bockgård  <bojohan@dd.chalmers.se>
>
>             * help-fns.el (describe-variable): Keep doc's text properties.
>
> Index: lisp/help-fns.el
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/help-fns.el,v
> retrieving revision 1.96
> diff -u -r1.96 help-fns.el
> --- lisp/help-fns.el	23 Jan 2007 07:16:11 -0000	1.96
> +++ lisp/help-fns.el	24 Jan 2007 23:15:35 -0000
> @@ -596,7 +596,8 @@
>  			   "which is byte-compiled expression.\n"
>  			 (format "`%s'.\n" safe-var))))
>  	      (princ "\nDocumentation:\n")
> -              (princ (or doc "Not documented as a variable.")))
> +              (with-current-buffer standard-output
> +		(insert (or doc "Not documented as a variable."))))
>  	    ;; Make a link to customize if this variable can be customized.
>  	    (if (custom-variable-p variable)
>  		(let ((customize-label "customize"))

Re: help-fns.el patch

[Glenn Morris]

Richard Stallman wrote:

> Would someone please install this in the trunk, then ack?

ack
>
>> 2007-01-24  Johan Bockgård  <bojohan@dd.chalmers.se>
>>
>>             * help-fns.el (describe-variable): Keep doc's text properties.