[Emacs-diffs] master 8710d11 2/2: Use cl-print for all values printed by `describe-variable'

[Noam Postavsky]

branch: master
commit 8710d11b481f3e6ec88276e11b12665983f0468f
Author: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>
Commit: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>

    Use cl-print for all values printed by `describe-variable'
    
    * lisp/help-fns.el (describe-variable): Use cl-prin1 for original and
    global values too.
---
 lisp/help-fns.el | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index cb0b2d7..15b2c07 100644
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -883,7 +883,10 @@ it is displayed along with the global value."
                                (not (equal origval :help-eval-error)))
                      (princ "\nOriginal value was \n")
                      (setq from (point))
-                     (pp origval)
+                      (cl-prin1 origval)
+                      (save-restriction
+                        (narrow-to-region from (point))
+                        (save-excursion (pp-buffer)))
                      (if (< (point) (+ from 20))
                          (delete-region (1- from) from)))))))
            (terpri)
@@ -909,7 +912,10 @@ it is displayed along with the global value."
                      ;; probably print it raw once and check it's a
                      ;; sensible size before prettyprinting.  -- fx
                      (let ((from (point)))
-                       (pp global-val)
+                        (cl-prin1 global-val)
+                        (save-restriction
+                          (narrow-to-region from (point))
+                          (save-excursion (pp-buffer)))
                        ;; See previous comment for this function.
                        ;; (help-xref-on-pp from (point))
                        (if (< (point) (+ from 20))