bug#13276: 24.2.50; apropos-variable

[Bastien]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> M-x apropos-variable RET command-hook RET find nothing.  It doesn't
> see pre-command-hook or post-command-hook.  And
> M-x apropos-variable RET hook$ RET displays a list in which
> those two are missing.

My understanding is that this is intentional.

The docstring of apropos-variable says that it shows "user
variables", and that you can list "normal variables" too by
using C-u M-x apropos-variable RET or by setting

(setq apropos-do-all t)

Maybe `apropos-variable' should be renamed `apropos-options'
to make it clear it lists "user variables" and not "normal
variables." (this assumes the convention of options = user
variables is common enough.)

-- 
 Bastien