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

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Message #83 received at 36767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
Cc: 36767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ndame <emacsuser <at> freemail.hu>
Subject: Re: bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:42:44 +0200

Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com> writes:

>> I just thought it would be confusing -- two links in the first line that
>> does different things.  But I'm not against it per se.
>
> I had same thought about entire buffer! My thought was that color
> coding links would visually separate them from each other (say yellow
> for info green for help blue for source etc), but than it would become
> a christmass tree :).

Making the function name into a link would help with discoverability.
And since the link would start at bobp, TAB would still take you to the
second link, so it wouldn't be annoying.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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