Re: dynamical parts of a docstring

[Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>]

>>>>> "Klaus" == Klaus Berndl <Klaus.Berndl@sdm.de> writes:
> Is it possible to add some elisp-code to a docstring which is evaluated at
> the time the docstring is displayed (e.g. by calling `describe-variable'
> or `customize-option') so the result of this code is added to the
> docstring at display-time??

Right now, no.  Someone requested the same kind of feature a year or two
ago, and a few days ago such a feature could have been used in order
not to duplicate the documentation of directory-files.

I think I even coded up a hack that allowed embedded elisp in docstrings
that looked like:

        Call a function and return \\\\(fun arg1 arg2).

but I think I had some problems because the escape sequence accidentally
appeared in a few pre-existing docstrings or somesuch.


        Stefan