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

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

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:46:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 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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