GNU bug report logs - #669
23.0.60; defalias is not taken into account by C-h k

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:30:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 669 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#669: 23.0.60; defalias is not taken into account by C-h k
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:18:20 +0200

> That is, for (defun foo () "..." 5) we don't just print `foo' and let you click
> that link to find out where it is defined. We also print "is an interactive
> compiled Lisp function in `titi.el'". That same format would be preferable for
> the defalias case also: "`toto' is an alias for `foo' which is an interactive
> compiled Lisp function in `titi.el'".

Doing C-h f RET rplaca RET gets me a Help buffer with the line

  rplaca is an alias for `setcar' in `.../subr.el'.

Clicking on

- the "setcar" link gets me to the Help buffer for `setcar',

- the ".../subr.el" link gets me to the location of the defalias.

I suppose we shouldn't change that behavior.

martin
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