Re: mentioning variable aliases in `describe-variable'

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:25:55 -0400, "Stefan Monnier" 
<monnier+gnu/address@hidden> wrote:

> Go for it, although I'd personally put the info near the
> first line (as is done for function aliases) rather than near
> the bottom.

And speaking of that: why does `describe-variable' put that useless
"Documentation:" header? `describe-function' does not do it, i.e.:

> auto-save-hook's value is nil
> 
> Documentation:
> Normal hook run just before auto-saving.
> 
> Defined in `files'.

vs.

> assq-delete-all is a compiled Lisp function in `subr'.
> (assq-delete-all KEY ALIST)
> 
> Delete from ALIST all elements whose car is KEY.
> Return the modified alist.



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