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RE: Changes in revision 114466
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
RE: Changes in revision 114466 |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:29:53 +0900 |
Drew Adams writes:
>>> But users are not necessarily aware of [info-lookup-symbol].
>>
>> Isn't that what should be fixed, then?
>
> 1) How?
Bind C-h f and C-h v (which pretty much everybody knows and uses, I
guess) to a command that offers a menu of ways to get help on a symbol
(as a variable vs. as a function, docstring vs. manual). Put it under
control of the old-and-cranky library (an as-yet-nonexistent novice-
like module that puts the traditional binding back when the user
invokes the command M-x im-old-and-cranky-so-put-the-binding-back).
> 2) It's still good to provide a visual cue that a given term
> is in the manual.
*Everything* "should" be in the manual. It shouldn't be possible to
find a place to click in a help buffer that doesn't find offer useful
new information, IMHO. Yes, I acknowledge that both "everything in
the manual" and "no place left to click" are hard tasks. ;-) But
shouldn't that be our goal?
> Maybe use that for any link (e.g. source file target) that leaves
> *Help*?
As long as you stay in Emacs, why would one care? C-x b *Help* RET is
hardly onerous, and if it is inconvenient, we could provide a global
C-h binding for "help-back-to-last-help".
> Doing it automatically is no doubt easier, not harder, than doing it
> using judgment case by case.
In that case, the prosecution rests. :-)