GNU bug report logs - #12737
24.2.50; `help-xref-interned' should not put point on last doc section

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12737: 24.2.50;
	`help-xref-interned' should not put point on last doc section
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:49:22 +0800

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

> Currently point is placed on the last doc section: the var section (or
> the face section if no var).  This is wrong, IMO.  Point should be
> placed at bob.  If it's not clear at bob that there is more than one
> kind of doc present, then the header should be modified to make this
> clear, and it should have links to each section.
>  
> It is disorienting for a user to follow a link and find himself near the
> end of a doc page with no indication of what the page documents overall.

Agreed.  Fixed in trunk.

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