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Where are links in describe-symbol minor-mode?

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Message #24 received at 49587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 49587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49587: Where are links in describe-symbol minor-mode?
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:47:25 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> No, I think it was just implemented that way because it was simple.  As
> somebody said in this thread, those functions should be rewritten
> "inside out" -- i.e., separate out the stuff inside those commands that
> actually generate the text to that they can be reused.  I'll have a go
> at doing that...

And looking at this yet again, I really think all of these functions
should be radically rewritten -- they're incredibly convoluted at
present.  That is, pass in explicitly describe-function-orig-buffer etc
instead of the weird dance, and stop using standard-output for half of
the functions, because it really doesn't help.

But it's a pretty big job, and there few tests to detect if something
goes wrong (as it inevitably will)...

I'll come back to it later, and I'm leaving this bug report open.

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