GNU bug report logs - #32893
describe-variable doesn't metion what lisp file created the variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 12:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to https://bugs.debian.org/910021

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 32893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#32893: describe-variable doesn't metion what lisp file created the variable
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:43:27 +0300

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 21:08:20 +0800
> Cc: 32893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I get:
> 
> abbrev-file-name’s value is "~/.emacs.d/abbrev_defs"
> 
> Documentation:
> Default name of file from which to read abbrevs.
> 
> You can customize this variable.
> 
> [back]
> 
> emacs-version is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.
> Its value is "25.2.2"
> 
> Hmmm, at least that last one worked, here on Debian.

Maybe you should report this to Debian, because my Emacs 25.2 does
show the file where abbrev-file-name is defined.
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