[Emacs-diffs] master 01b5eb3 2/2: Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/emacs into trunk

[Stefan Monnier]

branch: master
commit 01b5eb3e735ab33dd2d5f1bf279e44d699c92c4f
Merge: baee135 4b83e7d
Author: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
Commit: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>

    Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/emacs into trunk
---
 src/doc.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/doc.c b/src/doc.c
index 3fa0eaa..bc05d09 100644
--- a/src/doc.c
+++ b/src/doc.c
@@ -436,8 +436,20 @@ aren't strings.  */)
  documentation_property:
 
   tem = Fget (symbol, prop);
+
+  /* If we don't have any documentation for this symbol, try to see whether
+     it's an indirect variable and get the documentation from there instead. */
+  if (NILP (tem))
+    {
+      Lisp_Object indirect = Findirect_variable (symbol);
+      if (!NILP (indirect))
+       tem = Fget (indirect, prop);
+    }
+
   if (EQ (tem, make_fixnum (0)))
     tem = Qnil;
+
+  /* See if we want to look for the string in the DOC file. */
   if (FIXNUMP (tem) || (CONSP (tem) && FIXNUMP (XCDR (tem))))
     {
       Lisp_Object doc = tem;