(info "(autotype)Autoinserting") says to use C-h f auto-insert-alist

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2004-10-16 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure '--build=i386-linux' '--host=i386-linux' 
'--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' 
'--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' 
'--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--with-x=yes' 
'--with-x-toolkit=athena' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'build_alias=i386-linux' 
'host_alias=i386-linux''
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

C-h f auto-insert-alist gives [No match] as well as
C-h v auto-insert-alist

C-h f auto-insert-alist is referenced in (info "(autotype)Autoinserting")


Recent input:
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> C-h v a u t o - i n s e r t - a 
l i <tab> s t <return> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> M-m M-x r e p o <tab> r t - 
e m <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
call-interactively: Quit
(auto-insert ange-ftp-set-buffer-mode set-viper-state-in-major-mode 
global-font-lock-mode-buffers vc-find-file-hook)
setq: Quit
Making completion list...
byte-code: Text is read-only: #<buffer  *Minibuf-1*> [2 times]
call-interactively: Quit
byte-code: Text is read-only: #<buffer  *Minibuf-1*> [3 times]
setq: Quit
Making completion list...
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