<li> variable list
-A variable is a symbol associated with an integer value. The value of
-a variable is set by the @c SET action, and is referred by the @c SET,
-the @c INSERT, and the @c IF actions. All variables are implicitly
-initialized to zero.
+A variable is a symbol associated with an integer, a symbol, or an
+M-text value. The integer value of a variable can be set and referred
+by the @c SET action. It can be referred by the @c INSERT and the @c
+IF actions. The M-text value of a variable can be referred by the @c
+INSERT action. The symbol value of a variable can not be referred
+directly, is used the library implicitly (e.g. candidates-charset).
+All variables are implicitly initialized to the integer value zero.
</ul>