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24.0.91; `where-is' does not find recentf menu items (cmds, not files)

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 9923 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#9923: 24.0.91; `where-is' does not find recentf menu items
 (cmds, not files)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:18:31 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> The bug is not about the file-name entries in the `Open Recent' menu,
>> but the menu items that represent commands should show up as bindings
>> for `C-h w', no?  If not, why not?
>
> Indeed, where-is won't find bindings in menus defined with easy-menu and
> using the :filter thingy.  Hmm...

This problem is still present in Emacs 28.  I tried briefly following
the logic in where_is_internal and friends, but...

I guess we'd have to check for :filter here, evaluate the filter
function, and then look up the command in the resulting ... menu
entries?  Uhm.

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