GNU bug report logs - #24309
25.1; Problem in variable reference in docstrings.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nathanael Schweers <NSchweers <at> mailbox.org>

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 23:20:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 6601

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 24309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: Nathanael Schweers <NSchweers <at> mailbox.org>, 24309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: Re: bug#24309: 25.1; Problem in variable reference in docstrings.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 23:15:53 +0100

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> My personal motivation is that I would like functions from the Dash
> package (that start with hyphens), as well as built-in arithmetic
> operators, hyperlinked in Help buffers.
>
> The attached patch matches quoted symbol names with one or more
> characters starting with either word or symbol syntax in Lisp docstrings
> and Help buffers.  WDYT?

Makes sense to me.

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