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24.5; doc string of `apropos-variable' - mention C-u

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From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22813: 24.5; doc string of `apropos-variable' - mention C-u
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:52:34 -0500

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I get the point now. How about this:

diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 3c1a413..a2bfee9 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ apropos-user-option
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun apropos-variable (pattern &optional do-not-all)
   "Show variables that match PATTERN.
-When DO-NOT-ALL is non-nil, show user options only, i.e. behave
+With the optional argument DO-NOT-ALL non-nil (or when called
interactively with
+the prefix \\[universal-argument]), show user options only, i.e. behave
 like `apropos-user-option'."
   (interactive (list (apropos-read-pattern
       (if current-prefix-arg "user option" "variable"))

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