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[PATCH] Add buttons to manuals in some commentary sections

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 77969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com, acorallo <at> gnu.org,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#77969: [PATCH] Add buttons to manuals in some commentary
 sections
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 12:34:34 +0300

tags 77969 wontfix
close 77969
thanks

No comments within 2 weeks, so I presume we don't want to install
this, and I'm therefore closing this bug.

> Cc: tromey <at> redhat.com, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, dan <at> haxney.org, eli <at> barzilay.org,
>  John Wiegley <johnw <at> gnu.org>, terra <at> gnu.org, jbw <at> bigbird.bu.edu,
>  bug-cc-mode <at> gnu.org, occitan <at> esperanto.org, umerin <at> flab.flab.fujitsu.junet,
>  rfrancoise <at> gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, 77969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tzz <at> lifelogs.com,
>  ohler <at> gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:06:37 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Morgan Smith <Morgan.J.Smith <at> outlook.com>
> > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:54:47 -0400
> > 
> > Tags: patch
> > 
> > This patch will affect how a lot of packages get presented to the user.
> > 
> > Run `M-x package-list-packages'.
> > 
> > Now go down to 'use-package' and press the button (RET) to pull up the
> > package summary.
> > 
> > At the bottom of that summary it says "See the `use-package' info manual
> > for more information.".  The "`use-package'" bit is a button will take
> > you to a Help buffer describing the macro.  This is not ideal as the
> > sentence is talking about the Info manual.
> > 
> > After my change the sentence will change too "See Info node
> > `(use-package)' for more information." where the "`(use-package)'" part
> > is a button that takes you to the info manual.
> 
> If we want something like this at the beginning of each Lisp package,
> we need to augment our conventions and tips to say that.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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