GNU bug report logs - #2291
23.0.90; finder-commentary

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Message #26 received at 2291-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: <2291-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: 23.0.90; finder-commentary
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 13:08:00 -0700

> > 2. The Commentary buffer name should not be 
> >    "*Finder-package*".  That prohibits you from having
> >    more than one such buffer.
> 
> That would be problematic, as it leaves a trail of finder-commentary
> buffers that you have to delete manually.  That's the same reason we
> don't uniquify *Help* buffers.

There is no relation between this and *Help*. There is a good reason for having
multiple commentary buffers, which I mentioned:

> being able to have more than one Finder commentary buffer
> lets you use the Commentary section of Lisp files for
> documentation that refers to other Lisp file Commentary sections.
>
> With a simple link facility (e.g. `linkd.el' or Org mode),
> this doc becomes hypertext among Commentary sections, each in
> Finder mode, with the comment characters removed etc.

It is not difficult to delete a buffer you no longer want. But without the
requested change there is no easy way for a user to view the commentaries of
more than one library. 

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