Re: [External] : Systematic implicit aliases for option variables

[Richard Stallman]

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  > That would come for free, I think, if we just
  > aliased those options (like we do the commands),
  > to let users see them also/alternatively as
  > "occur" options: use prefix `occur-' for aliases
  > of options that have prefix `list-matching-lines'.

Yes, that would work.  But it would mean storing equivalent data in
multiple forms, which could get out of synch.  If we could make
customize take note of the fact that `occur' is an alias, we would
not have to make lots of secondary aliases too.


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