GNU bug report logs - #1119
elisp-index-search on current symbol

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 16:10:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 1119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>
Cc: 1119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1119: elisp-index-search on current symbol
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:58:57 +0200

xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org> writes:

> 2 suggestions related to documentation lookup.
>
> (1) have elisp-index-search's default prompt to be the symbol under
> cursor. This seems useful and consistent with other emacs lookup  
> commands.

Makes sense.  I've now added this to Emacs 27.

> (2) have describe-function display a link to the elisp manual.

I don't think that can be done in general or guessed at efficiently...

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