* lisp/help-fns.el (variable-at-point): Skip leading quotes, if any

(bug#8253).

lisp/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-15  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+	* help-fns.el (variable-at-point): Skip leading quotes, if any
+	(bug#8253).
+
 2011-03-15  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-save-excursion): Change the

lisp/help-fns.el

@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ If ANY-SYMBOL is non-nil, don't insist the symbol be bound."
   (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
     (or (condition-case ()
 	    (save-excursion
+	      (skip-chars-forward "'")
 	      (or (not (zerop (skip-syntax-backward "_w")))
 		  (eq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?w)
 		  (eq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?_)