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. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.