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bug#49587: Where are links in describe-symbol minor-mode?
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#49587: Where are links in describe-symbol minor-mode? |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:59:59 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> Try to use 'C-h o' on the symbol of a minor mode defined by
> 'define-minor-mode'.
>
> There are many such symbols, for example:
>
> C-h o dired-hide-details-mode
>
> displays the Help buffer where text:
>
> See options: ‘dired-hide-details-hide-symlink-targets’ and
> ‘dired-hide-details-hide-information-lines’.
>
> has no links in the first part of the buffer that describes the function,
> but there are links only in the second part that describes the variable.
I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.
> Also such text in the output of 'C-h o' looks clumsy:
>
> This is a minor mode. If called interactively, toggle the
> ‘Dired-Hide-Details mode’ mode.
Well, it looks pretty clumsy `C-h f', too.
> Another problem is that with 'C-h o' the same Help buffer is displayed twice
> that breaks some window-displaying commands.
I'm not sure what can be done about that -- the `C-h o' function
basically just calls `C-h f' and `C-h v'. But what setups do they break
in practice?
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