GNU bug report logs - #55096
Eldoc showing elisp variable value beside docs

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Message #16 received at 55096 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55096 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacsq <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#55096: Eldoc showing elisp variable value beside docs
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 14:50:13 +0200

Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> This would only work for global values, and in that case, you can just
>> `C-x C-e' the variable if you're interested in the value.
>>
>> So it seems like this would be of marginal utility.  Anybody else got an
>> opinion here?
>
> FWIW, I've been running with some form of the following for many years,
> and I find it extremely useful:

Well, that means that there are at least two people who would like this,
so I've added Štěpán's function to Emacs 29.

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