GNU bug report logs - #3934
23.0.96; Document `minibuffer-history-variable'

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 3934-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.96; Document `minibuffer-history-variable'
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:12:31 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> > In Info node (elisp)Minibuffer History, please document (mention)
>> > `minibuffer-history-variable'.
>> 
>> Reading the code and the documentation, I think this variable is for
>> internal use, and shouldn't be explicitly altered (normally).
>> 
>> So documenting it in that node would be misleading.  Closing 
>> the report.

[...]

> But it is no less a variable that programmers can use in their code.  This is
> the Emacs-Lisp manual.  This variable is an important variable to understand
> when dealing with minibuffer input.

No, I think documenting it would be irrelevant.  Closing this report
again.

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