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

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter <at> duenenhof-wilhelm.de>, 60587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#60587: Patch for adding links to symbols' help documentation
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:45:17 +0200

>> > So I guess you will be submitting a new patch soon?
>>
>> Below it is (based on a recent master commit).
>>
>> > I think the first sentence should be rewritten as describing a
>> > separate feature, not "the same as" something else.  Just say that
>> > symbols are converted into buttons that lead to their doc strings.
>> >
>> > Also, the option which controls this should be mentioned and indexed.
>>
>> Please have a look at a further documentation patch.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Juri, any comments?

I think this is a nice feature, but it should be implemented
in a separate file.  The file info.el contains the features
that are used in all Info manuals.  OTOH, the proposed feature
can be used only for a small part of all manuals, namely
only for manuals that describe Emacs core and packages.

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