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24.5; 'C-h S' leads to inaccurate result

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Message #11 received at 22866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: i <at> introo.me, 22866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22866: 24.5; 'C-h S' leads to inaccurate result
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:56:36 +0200

> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 06:52:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> > For the function `delete-char'.  'C-h S' takes me to:
> > (emacs)Top > Killing > Deletion and Killing > Deletion 
> > However, it should go to: (elisp)Top > Text > Deletion
> 
> Why do you think so?  This is a user command, not just an
> Elisp function.  An Emacs user looking for information about
> it interactively will expect to go to its description in the
> Emacs manual.  If we have to choose one or the other, we
> should, I think, favor user help, especially for a command.
> 
> That said... (1) Maybe we could cross-reference the one from
> the other manual?  (2) It might be good if `C-h S' popped
> up a buffer of links to references in both manuals.  (3) It
> would be good if *Help* output from `C-h f' and `C-h k'
> provided links to the manuals (both).

I think the way to solve this is to have a new Help command that would
specifically look up a function name in the ELisp manual.

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