GNU bug report logs - #36767
26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 36767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com, emacsuser <at> freemail.hu, larsi <at> gnus.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 11:08:52 +0200

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> Thanks.  But what I'd like to have is not a way of burying the Help
> window, because I frequently need to consult it for quite some time.
> What I'd like to have is a way of using its buttons without going to
> that other window first.  For example, I'd love a command, bound to a
> key globally, that would display the source of the function in the
> same window as the Help window, then allow me to go back to the Help
> window.

The attached is an attempt to do that.  Buggy and the nomenclature is
immature but I hope you get the idea.

martin

[help-mode.diff (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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