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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: emacsq <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:25:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: emacsq <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 55096 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55096: Eldoc showing elisp variable value beside docs
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:09:39 +0200

emacsq <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> Eldoc showing the docs in the minibuffer is quite useful, but I often
> check elisp variable values too in the code, and it can be quite handy
> if eldoc shows that too simply by putting cursor on the variable.

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?

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