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26.3; Add `Look Up Symbol (Code Name) in Manual' to Help > Search Documentation menu

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.3; Add `Look Up Symbol (Code Name) in Manual' to Help > Search
 Documentation menu
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:50:07 +0000

Enhancement request.

Please consider adding a menu item for `C-h S' (`info-lookup-symbol') to
the Help > Search Documentation menu-bar menu.

The menu-item name is up to you.  Using "Symbol" in the name has
advantages and disadvantages.  Disadvantage: it likely won't be clear to
some what's meant.  Advantage: trying it is a good way to discover what
"symbol" means for Emacs.

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19042
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''

Message #8 received at 50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50759: 26.3; Add `Look Up Symbol (Code Name) in Manual' to
 Help > Search Documentation menu
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:58:56 +0300

> Enhancement request.
>
> Please consider adding a menu item for `C-h S' (`info-lookup-symbol') to
> the Help > Search Documentation menu-bar menu.
>
> The menu-item name is up to you.  Using "Symbol" in the name has
> advantages and disadvantages.  Disadvantage: it likely won't be clear to
> some what's meant.  Advantage: trying it is a good way to discover what
> "symbol" means for Emacs.

It can be copied from the recently added elisp-context-menu.

Message #11 received at 50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: "50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#50759: 26.3; Add `Look Up Symbol (Code Name)
 in Manual' to Help > Search Documentation menu
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:10:58 +0000

> It can be copied from the recently added elisp-context-menu.

Dunno what that is.

How is what you want to do different from just
binding `C-h S' to the new menu item?

(Is this only about picking up a default value
for `C-h S' from somewhere?  If so, point is
the place to pick it up, not the mouse pointer
in the menu.)

Message #14 received at 50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 50759 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50759: 26.3; Add `Look Up Symbol (Code Name) in Manual' to
 Help > Search Documentation menu
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:39:00 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please consider adding a menu item for `C-h S' (`info-lookup-symbol') to
> the Help > Search Documentation menu-bar menu.

Good idea -- it'll make the very useful `C-h S' command more
discoverable.  So I've now added this in Emacs 28.

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