GNU bug report logs - #12686
PATCH: ambiguous help doc strings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Aaron S. Hawley" <aaron.s.hawley <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:01:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 12686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'Juri Linkov' <juri <at> jurta.org>, 12686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	"'Aaron S. Hawley'" <aaron.s.hawley <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#12686: PATCH: ambiguous help doc strings
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:02:31 -0400

> In that case, we use button type `help-symbol', which DTRT: it shows the help
> for both the function and the variable.

What I meant is that for minor-modes we shouldn't show the help for the
function plus the help for the variable but a single help for the
minor-mode which describes both as a single entity.


        Stefan
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