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30.0.50; output of describe-function

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Message #8 received at 71117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 71117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71117: 30.0.50; output of describe-function
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 17:10:45 +0300

> Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:53:07 +0200
> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
> 
> often use ‘C-h f’, i.e. ‘describe-function’, in order to jump onto the 
> source code.
> 
> Which is done afterwards by a command calling ‘(switch-to-buffer 
> (other-buffer))’ followed by TAB, RET.
> 
> With recent Emacs, calling for example ‘C-h f list RET’, appears
> 
> "list is a ‘primitive-function’ in ‘C source code’".
> 
> Now the first active button is ‘primitive-function’, which is rather 
> basic and seldom of interest. So I have to tab twice - and by habit 
> often get the first, wrong one...
> 
> May it be possible to switch the button, like:
> 
> "list is defined in ‘C source code’, a ‘primitive-function’".

I guess nothing is ever good enough, sigh...

Adding Stefan.

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