GNU bug report logs - #39215
Hyperlinks to man pages in doc strings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:57:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 39215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39215: Hyperlinks to man pages in doc strings
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:07:43 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
tags 39215 + patch
thanks

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

>   > There is a lot of free software out there that I would like to use on
>   > GNU, but that is not GNU software.  Non-GNU software more often than
>   > not does not have an Info manual.  So I would like to be able to link
>   > their man page instead.
>
> Ok, you've convinced me.

Thanks.  How about the attached patch?

[0001-Add-support-for-man-page-hyperlinks-in-doc-strings.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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