From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 03:47:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (apropos-print): The cross ref for a variable
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.3~671
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=045c4971c770f35bea5146eda89b98c2c3a15267;p=emacs.git

(apropos-print): The cross ref for a variable
should always do just describe-variable.
---

diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 0dfdbcea003..1702cc3097a 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -589,11 +589,12 @@ found."
 				   "Macro"
 				 "Function"))
 			     t)
-	  (if (get symbol 'custom-type)
-	      (apropos-print-doc 'customize-variable-other-window 2
-				 "User Option" t)
-	    (apropos-print-doc 'describe-variable 2
-			       "Variable" t))
+	  ;; We used to use customize-variable-other-window instead
+	  ;; for a customizable variable, but that is slow.
+	  ;; It is better to show an ordinary help buffer
+	  ;; and let the user click on the customization button
+	  ;; in that buffer, if he wants to.
+	  (apropos-print-doc 'describe-variable 2 "Variable" t)
 	  (apropos-print-doc 'customize-group-other-window 6 "Group" t)
 	  (apropos-print-doc 'customize-face-other-window 5 "Face" t)
 	  (apropos-print-doc 'widget-browse-other-window 4 "Widget" t)