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28.1; bindings for widget-describe and button-describe

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From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
To: GNU Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 28.1; bindings for widget-describe and button-describe
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:48:28 -0400

Maybe I'm missing something but I see that Emacs 28.1 added
functions widget-describe and button-describe that offer
help when point is on one of these things,  but there's no
binding for them.

I think that some key, perhaps C-h or ? or something should
invoke these when point is on them.  Maybe it should be
integrated with display-local-help on `C-h .' ?

Howard


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Message #8 received at 54963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54963: 28.1; bindings for widget-describe and button-describe
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 11:35:29 +0200

Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Maybe I'm missing something but I see that Emacs 28.1 added
> functions widget-describe and button-describe that offer
> help when point is on one of these things,  but there's no
> binding for them.
>
> I think that some key, perhaps C-h or ? or something should
> invoke these when point is on them.  Maybe it should be
> integrated with display-local-help on `C-h .' ?

`C-u C-x =' does mention the presence of a button:

Here is a ‘help-character-set’ button labeled ‘ascii’, but doesn't
actually link to `button-describe', which should be fixed, at least.

Integrating with `C-h .' might be possible -- for instance, `C-u C-h .'
might run button/widget-describe?  I think having plain `C-h .' do so
would be confusing, since buttons commonly have a help text, and that's
what `C-h .' shows.

Or put this somewhere else.  Anybody got any opinions?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #13 received at 54963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54963: 28.1; bindings for widget-describe and button-describe
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:53:46 +0200

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

> Integrating with `C-h .' might be possible -- for instance, `C-u C-h .'
> might run button/widget-describe?  I think having plain `C-h .' do so
> would be confusing, since buttons commonly have a help text, and that's
> what `C-h .' shows.
>
> Or put this somewhere else.  Anybody got any opinions?

Nobody has suggestions, so I went ahead and did this in Emacs 29.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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