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bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:18:10 +0200

> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, larsi@gnus.org, rms@gnu.org, 46627@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:46:50 +0200
> 
> Saying "Emacs has these functions for doc discovery" is totally fine, 
> but I don't think we can stop there and ignore the current practice 
> among our users, or the experience from other editing environments.

We are not ignoring the current practices.  We are saying that people
who want their discovery based on completion will find the solution in
the completion alternatives we have already in Emacs, and if that
still doesn't fit the bill, in the 3rd-party packages out there.  I
think Emacs provides, and will continue providing, ample
infrastructure for such extensions, and that's enough, IMO.  There's
no reason we should feel obliged to develop these features in Emacs.
We will never be able to satisfy everyone there anyway.





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