From: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:57:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (describe-variable): Set syntax table to
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.90~4935
X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/commitdiff_plain/14cc00adb2531396212a43a5fa4cea35366ae033?hp=47da5efad17e54f35d53195e05c326ec26eee351

(describe-variable): Set syntax table to
emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table when moving forward over the
symbol's name.
---

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 56a9a08c24..e16d7173f6 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-02-22  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+	* help.el (describe-variable): Set syntax table to
+	emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table when moving forward over the
+	symbol's name.
+
 2000-02-22  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
 
 	* xt-mouse.el: Doc fixes.
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 4beca0a8ec..672933d42f 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ Returns the documentation as a string, also."
 	    (set-buffer standard-output)
 	    (if (> (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 10)
 		(progn
+		  (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table)
 		  (goto-char (point-min))
 		  (if valvoid
 		      (forward-line 1)