GNU bug report logs - #69462
29.2.50; describe-function should support finding references

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.2.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 69462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, 69462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69462: 29.2.50; describe-function should support finding
 references
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 09:20:11 +0200

Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev> writes:

> On 03/10/2024 10:14, Eshel Yaron wrote:
>> Looks nice!  What's somewhat nonideal is that the ELisp-specific Xref
>> setup lingers in the Help buffer even if it is reused for other purposes
>> (like dictionary words when dictionary-display-definition-function is
>> set to dictionary-display-definition-in-help-buffer).
>> Perhaps help-setup-xref should kill the local variables that
>> help-fns--setup-xref-backend now sets?
>
> Thanks, good idea, pushed as bde00266db4.

Great, I pushed a small fix for this change in 9f54f24e94d, and I
submitted a patch in bug#73637 that generalizes this kind of clean up.


Best,

Eshel
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