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[PATCH] Extract Lisp function examples from shortdoc information

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Message #17 received at 61877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Cc: 61877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61877: [PATCH] Extract Lisp function examples from shortdoc
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Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:30:14 +0200

> From: Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
> Cc: 61877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:27:54 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >
> > Thanks.  This no longer applies to the current master, so please
> > resubmit, and I will install.
> >
> 
> Thanks, I've rebased the patch.
> 
> >> The NEWS entry explains how users could show this information in their
> >> *Help* buffers, if they want.
> >
> > Maybe this part should be also in the user manual?
> 
> I've added some information to the user manual.  I see we don't document
> help-fns-describe-function-functions in the user manual at all, should
> we do it?  Customizing what is displayed in describe-function buffers
> may be something that users want to do.  But perhaps we need to make the
> hook part of the Customize interface first, I don't know.

I added an index entry for help-fns-describe-function-functions in the
ELisp manual; I think this is enough for now.

Now installed on master.

Btw, something seems amiss: "C-h f" for string-fill, which has 2
examples in shortdoc, still says "Example:", not "Examples:", as I'd
expect.  Can you take a look?

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