Re: [Geiser-users] Possible key binding optimization

[Jose A. Ortega Ruiz]

On Wed, Jan 12 2011, Mark Harig wrote:

>>
>> > Does C-c C-d C-i (bound to `geiser-doc-look-up-manual') have some
>> > extra capability beyond C-h S (bound to `info-lookup-symbol')?
>>
>> Yes. C-c C-d C-i is equivalent to a info manual lookup only for Guile.
>> In Racket, the command implementation is totally different. The same
>> will happen when/if Geiser supports other Scheme implementations not
>> offering texinfo manuals.
>>
>
> Ah, of course.  That's a very good reason.  It's unfortunate that
> Racket does not provide Info files or .texinfo or .tex (TeX) files,
> but that can't be helped.
>
> I would still like to recommend the behavior of `info-lookup-symbol'
> for `geiser-doc-look-up-manual'.  My strong preference when looking up
> documentation is for point to remain where it is in the code while
> displaying the documentation in a separate (and, if needed, new)
> window.  With Geiser's behavior, I'll start two windows, one with code
> and one with documentation, but when I invoke
> `geiser-doc-look-up-manual', I then have two windows with
> documentation and none with code.  Having both code and documentation
> available at the same time is useful because it lets me examine both
> without having to switch back and forth.

You can already get that behaviour by customizing
geiser-guile-manual-lookup-other-window-p.

Cheers,
jao
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