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

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Message #23 received at 22813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#22813: 24.5; doc string of `apropos-variable' - mention C-u
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:41:37 +0200

> From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:52:34 -0500
> Cc: 22813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 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"))

LGTM, thanks.  However, the line you changed is too long now, so
please reformat the doc string to have shorter lines, before you push.

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