From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#60587: Patch for adding links to symbols' help documentation Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:53:23 +0100 Message-ID: <863588rfos.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> References: <86y1qgr1bf.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> <86tu13qydg.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> <83h6x2u74b.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36301"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: 60587@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 17 22:54:40 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtuh-0009Dw-Oa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:54:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtu8-0000Qn-Rp; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:54:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtu6-0000QO-U2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:54:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtu6-00051y-Ez for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:54:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtu6-0001eK-1m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:54:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 60587 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 60587-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B60587.16739924186302 (code B ref 60587); Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 60587) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Jan 2023 21:53:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38438 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtti-0001da-8l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:53:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:51089) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pHtte-0001dK-Rg for 60587@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:53:36 -0500 Original-Received: from ping ([109.250.147.186]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue108 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MS3vJ-1pAZd00Fbv-00TY9x; Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:53:25 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83h6x2u74b.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 07 Jan 2023 09:38:28 +0200") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:84Xa+GIhorSOekAvbzKfEDu+eGJHA0oU2FV3c5S2DwYWmZ2E1sf IunlSHXkbzBBxee+WktGp7zERqvzWl3ANNZ30ysCeKlI7z4FLpVvj+E8RvP0snzWfulS6vq Bz+T1qyKmYnpYrpJmoTpV4zSdjAL30M7bgNq2r4zpVqe3se4zA+9FfotDQOkmOcz1BLmm7P kCAVWqc+8MLrOZn3UwOXg== UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:DME1vpIhY8c=;Sg1g7wShRLqW1HU++kmOlxFjotG 18EwcbRKLZj26AdqRjq04tAIhNULtuC4XikkRSACbkcELipB7YbrTGO/ykh6D6aVMUR6iFb6m GOe2s/wPulEiuzOJoqbDQGJtQV/SvQkzHsROlR/lBFNOCe3q1ZReRwuUzgSYWIXSiKbO+G94/ eCQon5hZPwPvPbOOWZwTqz7tVzRpZf80RmTanuGQCgKH0GtW1FQcDf/iMMfvPGJTLEtsxfYr3 ectUnykcPi8IYfcUM3VEJ8oInJtMF/xUOhAVwbJ1DDF++RKtpPNA3NMh0MPm4BXzIf0ZbfFhr dZFABA1zi0sWYZwr656VLFgmtFfkVM31n3mwgIza/+g0Sj97Xn76AJjlioez7EyucbMYlzCCa xGjuCXCOJCx0HNeZWrDw/74UFUOsJ25TSy3YbocJYKBNnVoaifjS0Htn3gw4GlTOkxsM2tp6G +1nQFJcnAvUEtmmfB54ZhOAcctdknrNeui73Gc5i9bvWOFnNBGR7ui3IhaQyjOLSoc/1h4CbT cDBT4y1GvSY2AQfHeAQHLGFWp45uUqFRVGEIKi/wpPp2rPaYPUktsSyTFjwEb/RxU/b8uRIKu GlazpOQ+ReDO6XZf9KhFHD2Ro0zPA9pK3N8H3a6CQmLhcIgidvqQgkyDnxaDLhhGm3TbydaXT qPQD9CGlvx1ujFVDWGdBzdM8VZl0P6DNy1uioJjvOA== X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:253585 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Eli Zaretskii writes: > Finally, this needs additions to the user manual and NEWS. Do you think about Emacs' Info manual? My feeling is that it could be fitting to explain the additional linking capability here: (info "(info) Help-Xref"). --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-diff Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0001-Entry-for-Info-viewer-providing-links-from-symbols-b.patch >From 31229f536627fbb0e7dadd3f60be4d94119b9f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Wilhelm Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:25:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Entry for Info viewer providing links from symbols (bug#60587) *etc/NEWS: Mention implementation --- etc/NEWS | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 068f7a27db8..c193b59647a 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ the new argument non-nil, it will use a new buffer instead. Interactively, invoke 'eww-open-file' with a prefix argument to activate this behavior. +** Info + +*** Info viewer provides now links from symbols to their help documentation. +Links from quoted `symbol' names, like names of variables, functions +and faces, are pointing to their *Help* documentation. If you want to +disable such links - in addition to the regular Info cross references +- you can set the variable `info-make-xref-flag' to nil. + * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 30.1 -- 2.34.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain -- Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Zwingenberg, Germany --=-=-=--