# HG changeset patch
# User Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
# Date 1131609847 0
# Node ID c086dd3d5f44417ec7db65e67f32a3ea84a12929
# Parent  9a04e09eb6c96fa99012d2068b40c5b98fc32180
2005-11-10  Alan Mackenzie  <acm@muc.de>

	* help-fns.el (describe-variable): Make C-h v work when a variable
	has variable documentation yet is unbound.

diff -r 9a04e09eb6c9 -r c086dd3d5f44 lisp/help-fns.el
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el	Thu Nov 10 04:49:19 2005 +0000
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el	Thu Nov 10 08:04:07 2005 +0000
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@
 				    (format
 				     "Describe variable (default %s): " v)
 				  "Describe variable: ")
-				obarray 'boundp t nil nil
+				obarray
+				'(lambda (vv)
+				   (or (boundp vv)
+				       (get vv 'variable-documentation)))
+				t nil nil
 				(if (symbolp v) (symbol-name v))))
      (list (if (equal val "")
 	       v (intern val)))))