GNU bug report logs - #5677
help messages should be more forthcoming as to why they don't know where a function came from

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:54:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: 5677 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: 572409 <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: bug#5677: help messages should be more forthcoming as to why they don't know where a function came from
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:53:29 +0800

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.
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 148 days ago.

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