Subject: bug#5677: closed (Re: bug#5677: help messages should be more forthcoming as to why they don't know where a function came from)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:09:02 +0000

Your bug report

#5677: help messages should be more forthcoming as to why they don't know where a function came from

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#5677: help messages should be more forthcoming as to why they don't know where a function came from
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:06:01 -0500
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If the could knew why they could not find the definition, then they
would probably be able to find the definition. So: no. Closing as
wontfix.

Subject: help messages should be more forthcoming as to why they don't know where a function came from
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:53:29 +0800
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Sometimes we see
C-q runs the command quoted-insert, which is an interactive compiled
Lisp function in `simple.el'.

Sometimes we only see
tempo-template-html-header-6 is an interactive Lisp function.

I.e., where the function came from is a mystery.

I propose that the help functions involved say more as to why they can't
figure out where the function came from, and perhaps even invite the
user to report a bug if he knows where the function came from.