As another data point, they seem to be there for me - at least when I do search for describe variable.
Emacs Version: GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.23, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2020-11-19 Org Version: Org mode version 9.4 (9.4-41-g9bb930-elpaplus @ /home/tim/.emacs.d/elpa/28.0/develop/org-plus-contrib-20201116/) Tim wlharv...@mac.com writes: > Searching for the variables leads to a failed search, both from > 'describe-variable' and 'isearch-forward' in 'org.el'. I am using > > GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0, NS appkit-1894.60 > Version 10.15.6 (Build 19G2021)) > of 2020-09-14 > > > > > > > >> On Nov 19, 2020, at 8:28 PM, Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> wrote: >> >> wlharv...@mac.com writes: >> >>> In Org 9.4, Manual section 11 Agenda Views, second to last paragraph, >>> neither of the referenced variables appears to exist. >> >> Hmm, what leads you to say that? >> >> $ git describe master >> release_9.4-134-g0d525cbc7 >> >> $ git grep 'org-agenda-skip-\(comment\|archived\)-trees' master >> master:doc/org-manual.org: #+vindex: org-agenda-skip-archived-trees >> master:doc/org-manual.org: ~org-agenda-skip-archived-trees~, in which case >> these trees are >> master:doc/org-manual.org:#+vindex: org-agenda-skip-comment-trees >> master:doc/org-manual.org:#+vindex: org-agenda-skip-archived-trees >> master:doc/org-manual.org:setting ~org-agenda-skip-comment-trees~ and >> master:doc/org-manual.org:~org-agenda-skip-archived-trees~ to ~nil~. >> master:lisp/org-agenda.el:(defcustom org-agenda-skip-comment-trees t >> master:lisp/org-agenda.el: (and org-agenda-skip-archived-trees (not >> org-agenda-archives-mode) >> master:lisp/org-agenda.el: (and org-agenda-skip-comment-trees >> master:lisp/org.el:(defcustom org-agenda-skip-archived-trees t >> master:lisp/org.el:(defvar org-agenda-skip-comment-trees) >> master:lisp/org.el: (org-agenda-skip-archived-trees (memq 'archive >> skip)) >> master:lisp/org.el: (org-agenda-skip-comment-trees (memq 'comment >> skip)) >> master:lisp/org.el: (when org-agenda-skip-archived-trees -- Tim Cross