GNU bug report logs - #60568
[FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for generated functions

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Message #104 received at 60568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, mardani29 <at> yahoo.es,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 60568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60568: [FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for
 generated functions
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 14:04:13 +0000

>>> Maybe people will know better if definition-name would be documented.
>>
>> I think the place where it should be documented is the suggested *Help* 
>> screen, with a sentence like "To ensure an accurate identification of 
>> the place where `frobnicate' was defined, the definition-name slot of 
>> the `frobnicate' symbol should be set."
>
> But is it of interest for _users_? I'd rather see it in Elisp manual.
>

It should be documented in the Elisp manual, indeed.  What I said was a 
bit unclear: I meant that a reminder should be displayed in the *Help* 
buffer.  With this, Elisp programmers who are not aware of that subtlety 
would become aware of it.

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