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

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#60587: Patch for adding links to symbols'
 help documentation
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:06:03 +0000

> > 2. Instead of putting it on the hook when loading
> > the code, add/remove it in a :set function.  E.g.
> > (untested):...
> >
> > 3. Maybe add a toggle command for the option, so
> > users can switch the behavior anytime, on the fly.
> 
> What about using `add-variable-watcher'?

Did you mean for #2: when/where to add the function
to the hook?  Or did you mean use a watcher instead
of #3, a toggle command?

Assuming you meant #2:

Also possible.  Seems a bit overkill to me, though.

This is what :set is for, for options.  A variable
watcher can do anything, not just for an option,
and not just when the var is set.

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