[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/variables.texi,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/01/02 20:58:29

Index: variables.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lispref/variables.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.87
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diff -u -b -r1.87 -r1.88
--- variables.texi      16 Sep 2006 09:22:32 -0000      1.87
+++ variables.texi      2 Jan 2007 20:58:29 -0000       1.88
@@ -1777,9 +1777,11 @@
 
 @defun defvaralias new-alias base-variable &optional docstring
 This function defines the symbol @var{new-alias} as a variable alias
-for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value of
address@hidden returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and changing the
-value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of @var{base-variable}.
+for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value
+of @var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and
+changing the value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of
address@hidden  The two aliased variable names always share the
+same value and the same bindings.
 
 If the @var{docstring} argument is address@hidden, it specifies the
 documentation for @var{new-alias}; otherwise, the alias gets the same