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Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers
From: |
Arthur Miller |
Subject: |
Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:23:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:
>
>> Here is my second proposal to bring built-in help on par with external
>> offerings.
>
> I haven't tried the patch, but this is for showing the source code of
> the function/variable in question in the *Help* buffer? I'm not quite
> sure I understand the utility of that -- if you want to look at the
> source, you can just hit the `s' key. And then you get all the proper
> language-related Emacs stuff in that buffer -- looking at sources is
> usually nicer in the correct major mode than in other buffers.
>
> So I don't understand who'd want this.
Sorry Lars, I was reading mails from top-to bottom, so I see this mail after I
have already answered to Stefan K. (and you indirectly) and Eli. Is it ok if you
take a peek in those two mails, since I have elaborated quite in those
two? It feels a bit phony now to repeat both of those answers again :).
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, (continued)
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/09/21
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/21
Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers,
Arthur Miller <=
Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Gregor Zattler, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, martin rudalics, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/20
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, martin rudalics, 2021/09/21
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/21
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, martin rudalics, 2021/09/21
- Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers, Arthur Miller, 2021/09/21