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27.1; Missing options in definition of edebug-mode in edebug.el

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 44577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, idirectscm <at> aim.com
Subject: bug#44577: 27.1; Missing options in definition of edebug-mode in edebug.el
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:53:24 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>,  44577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   idirectscm <at> aim.com
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:54:19 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I think we should remove the list from the doc string, yes.  It is
> > unusual for a doc string of a mode to include an exhaustive list of
> > all of its customization options; in general, the feature's group
> > should be enough to discover all of them.  And the manual documents
> > the most important ones.
> 
> The use case here is the `?' command when edebugging, which makes the
> list somewhat useful.

Cannot the '?' command map over the customization group instead?  It's
a maintenance burden to keep that list exhaustive and up-to-date, just
so '?' could show all of the options.

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