Emacs: Search Variable by Name

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Search for variable by name or value

Alt+x apropos-variable

List variables whose name match a Regular Expression pattern.

🛑 WARNING: this does not show lisp code variables such as (setq xx 3). Only those user-oriented, declared by defvar, defconst, defcustom.

Alt+x apropos-value

List all variable names whose values match a Regular Expression pattern.

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