GNU bug report logs - #12105
24.1; `help-make-xrefs' should not create an xref to the current thingy

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.1;
	`help-make-xrefs' should not create an xref to the current thingy
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:37:56 -0700

Please exclude the current thingy that is being described from
cross-reference creation.  E.g., if I do `C-h f foo' and the doc for
`foo' happens to mention `foo' itself (using the `...' syntax), that
mention should not be turned into a cross reference (which just goes to
the same *Help* output).
 
This might mean adding an argument to `help-make-xrefs' to provide that
thingy.  And that might also mean adding the same arg to
`help-mode-finish'.  An alternative, I suppose, is to use a global
variable for the thingy being documented.

In GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2012-06-10 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --cflags
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include'
 

Message #10 received at 12105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12105: 24.1;
 `help-make-xrefs' should not create an xref to the current thingy
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:17:09 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please exclude the current thingy that is being described from
> cross-reference creation.  E.g., if I do `C-h f foo' and the doc for
> `foo' happens to mention `foo' itself (using the `...' syntax), that
> mention should not be turned into a cross reference (which just goes to
> the same *Help* output).

No, I think consistency is better than avoiding the user hitting a
pretty useless link.  Closing.

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