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23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified name in Customize

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: "larsi <at> gnus.org" <larsi <at> gnus.org>, "400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#400: [External] : Re: bug#400: 23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified name in Customize
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:56:07 +0000

> > Maybe we are miscommunicating.  I mean that if we add a new command
> > `customize-describe-variable', it won't complicate `describe-
> > variable'.
> 
> But then you usurp the "C-h v" key binding for another command, and
> the user cannot invoke the original Help command easily?

Agreed.  `C-h v' should stay `describe-variable',
and its behavior should remain the same as always.

All that's needed is to provide the option name
as default value, when at point (not when the
cursor is on something else that makes sense as
a default).

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