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

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Message #60 received at 400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#400: 23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified
 name in Customize
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:26:19 +0000

> What about making the unlispified variable name into a button?  It
> could offer to take you to *Help* or to *info*, for instance.

Please read what I wrote about that today.

The Lisp name should appear (always), whether
the phony, non-Lisp "name" appears or not, and
whether or not the name is a link ("button")
to the real *Help*.

Emacs should be leading users, including those
new to Lisp, toward Lisp, not away from it.
And this is especially the case when it comes
to knowledge about a user option.  There's no
reason to hide the name of an option - quite
the contrary.

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