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

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Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 07:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: yantar92 <at> posteo.net, 60568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: Re: bug#60568: [FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for
 generated functions
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:33:26 +0000

>> I'd prefer we teach the Help facilities how to go to the source code of 
>> that kind of functions.
>
> Agreed.
>

What is missing in the five-line patch that does this?  With the recipe, 
the file in which org-babel-execute:sh was defined (ob-shell.el) is 
opened, and the function definition is displayed.  I don't think we can do 
much better (e.g. reliably find the place where the function was defined).
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