GNU bug report logs - #60587
30.0.50; Info pages are lacking links from symbol names to the symbol's help documentation

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Message #142 received at 60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 "60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#60587: Patch for adding links to symbols' help documentation
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:04:46 +0100

"H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> This said, I don't know why you have that test.  Any reason you're
>> worried about this being called from another buffer?
>
> Because this info-links-to-help-mode is useless in all buffers, except..
>
> .. Well, I had blinkers on.  Indeed, such a mode might be helpful for
> buffers except *info*! Thank you.

By chance, I just found a nice example for other buffer modes
(view-emacs-news); and which is already implemented for Emacs-29! 😅

> Is it worthwhile to generalise the functionality (maybe later), that is
> the question?

I'll have a look how it is implemented and what to learn from it..

Thanks again

       Dieter
-- 
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Zwingenberg, Germany

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