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bug#22866: 24.5; 'C-h S' leads to inaccurate result
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#22866: 24.5; 'C-h S' leads to inaccurate result |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:56:36 +0200 |
> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 06:52:53 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> > For the function `delete-char'. 'C-h S' takes me to:
> > (emacs)Top > Killing > Deletion and Killing > Deletion
> > However, it should go to: (elisp)Top > Text > Deletion
>
> Why do you think so? This is a user command, not just an
> Elisp function. An Emacs user looking for information about
> it interactively will expect to go to its description in the
> Emacs manual. If we have to choose one or the other, we
> should, I think, favor user help, especially for a command.
>
> That said... (1) Maybe we could cross-reference the one from
> the other manual? (2) It might be good if `C-h S' popped
> up a buffer of links to references in both manuals. (3) It
> would be good if *Help* output from `C-h f' and `C-h k'
> provided links to the manuals (both).
I think the way to solve this is to have a new Help command that would
specifically look up a function name in the ELisp manual.