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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
Cc: juri <at> jurta.org, 60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#60587: Patch for adding links to symbols' help documentation
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:32:29 +0200

> From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
> Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>   "60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,  Juri Linkov
>  <juri <at> jurta.org>
> Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 22:45:06 +0100
> 
> Tags: patch
> 
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> >> The only thing, which feels strange to me, is that
> >> 'info-links-to-help-mode' is now a minor mode for all buffers (and
> >> modes).  Sure, it's only affecting 'Info-mode' but isn't there a way of
> >> making it a "global" minor mode only for Info buffers?  Anyway, I
> >> couldn't find a way to restrict global minor modes to certain major
> >> modes.
> >
> > No it's perfectly normal to have a global preference that only affects
> > the buffers for which it's relevant.  I like my food to be spicy and
> > that's just as true when I eat as when I don't but it has consequences
> > only when I do.
> >
> 
> Alright :-)
> 
> I've adjusted the code and documentation accordingly and created another
> patch.

Thanks.  I tried to install this, but the patch doesn't apply.  So
please resubmit so it applies to the current master branch.

While at that, please accompany the patch with a commit log message
per our coding standards: it should be a ChangeLog-style list of new
and modified functions, variables and manual nodes, each one with a
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