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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60587: Patch for adding links to symbols' help documentation
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:32:32 -0500

> Unfortunately I also need to investigate the code anew.  Yesterday I
> realised a regression starting with Emacs-29!  `Tab' and `S-Tab' aren't
> working any longer for Info references.  (E.g. the `Tab' keybinding is
> switched from `Info-next-reference' to `forward-button'..)

My crystal ball suggests that some code somewhere binds
`forward-button` to the "tab" event rather than to the "TAB" event.
"tab" should usually stay unbound (it is then remapped to "TAB" by
`function-key-map`).


        Stefan

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