>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson
<jas(a)extundo.com> writes:
> But you do want to see it in the C-h a list.
Simon> It does show up there, just not marked with an asterix.
Ah, OK.
Simon> I can't find anything similar in XEmacs, but I think it
Simon> would be nice if the same docstring rules applied to both
Simon> emacsen. Maybe the above could be added to the XEmacs
Simon> elisp manual?
Really we should fix the idea of * globally then. The definition of *
says it marks user options. I have used this distinction in a
different way for customizable variables elsewhere (I have some alists
that normally users should not play with, which are customizable
because _I_ need to play with them, but not marked with a *). I don't
see why not having a * should prevent set-variable from being used. I
don't see why Boolean variables which could plausibly be set with
set-variable should necessarily have them.
So this is very confusing.
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