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[PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local commands/quick-sections

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Message #26 received at 68236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, 68236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jdtsmith <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#68236: [PATCH] help.el: allow help-quick to use local
 commands/quick-sections
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:53:26 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 04:51:48 -0800
> Cc: 68236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> 
> I think a more specific cheat sheet for major modes would be more
> suitable, yes.
> 
> Here's an idea that I've had:
> 
> Typically, I only want to remember a few commands in each major mode.
> It would be useful to be able to mark them for highlighting or somesuch
> in the general describe-mode *Help* buffer (preferably using keys, and
> not using M-x customize, though they could persist by saving the result
> to the custom file).  Then, the next time I display `describe-mode',
> they would be highlighted, in this or future sessions.  How about
> something like that?
> 
> We could also add a separate command to show only those commands somehow
> in a similar way to `help-quick-toggle'.

Something along these lines, yes.

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