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23.0.60; To source or not to source (from help)

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: 587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Bug-Gnu-Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
        "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; To source or not to source (from help)
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:52:23 +0200

> If you do C-h v and look at a variable and click on the library link in
> the help buffer you will go to the file in your current Emacs tree. If
> you do C-h f to look at a function and do the same you will be taken to
> the cvs checkout file instead.

I suspect you compiled Emacs in the checkout directory and then copied
the Emacs tree to another directory.  In this case the following might
happen: As for C-h f `describe-function-1' will execute

      ;; See if lisp files are present where they where installed from.
      (if (not (eq file-name 'C-source))
	  (setq file-name (find-source-lisp-file file-name)))

which sets `file-name' to the ".el" file from the checkout directory
(because you did compile it there) and installs the corresponding
reference in the hyperlink.

As for C-h v `describe-variable' does _not_ care whether you compiled in
another directory and simply goes to the file supplied by `symbol-file'.
You could try inserting the snipped above in `describe-variable'
immediately before the line

	      (if file-name

and see whether it now jumps to the checkout directory instead.


Personally, I'd prefer something like the following in both cases:

      (unless (or (eq file-name 'C-source)
		  (file-exists-p file-name))
	(setq file-name (find-source-lisp-file file-name)))

martin

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