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Re: Documentation not clear for the Lisp function set-variable


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Documentation not clear for the Lisp function set-variable
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 06:37:25 +0200

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:38:52 +0200
> From: Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> What about this patch? Do you like it a bit more?
> 
> +VARIABLE is considered to be a `user variable' if
> +\(1) the first character of its documentation is `*', or
> +\(2) it is customizable (its property list contains a non-nil value
> +    of `standard-value' or `custom-autoload'), or
> +\(3) it is an alias for another user variable.
> +Return nil if VARIABLE is an alias and there is a loop in the
> +chain of symbols.  */)

It is better, but I think if you start the sentence with

  A variable is a user variable if

it would be better yet.

Thanks.




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