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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/help-mode.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/help-mode.el | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/help-mode.el b/lisp/help-mode.el index 032509b9614..a2a121a89e9 100644 --- a/lisp/help-mode.el +++ b/lisp/help-mode.el @@ -374,8 +374,14 @@ that." (help-xref-button 8 'help-symbol sym)) ((and (boundp sym) - (documentation-property sym - 'variable-documentation)) + (or + (documentation-property + sym 'variable-documentation) + (condition-case nil + (documentation-property + (indirect-variable sym) + 'variable-documentation) + (cyclic-variable-indirection nil)))) (help-xref-button 8 'help-variable sym)) ((fboundp sym) (help-xref-button 8 'help-function sym))))))) |