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From: Tak Kunihiro <homeros.misasa@gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 35487@debbugs.gnu.org, tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp
Subject: bug#35487: Make visiting function from help-mode more customizable
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 08:10:13 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8636lnp6lm.fsf@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sgu0wps5.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon,  29 Apr 2019 22:54:34 +0300")

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

>> I often want to visit function from help-mode in `this window' in
>> stead of `other window'.  To do so, I found that to revise
>> help-function in help-function-def works.
>>
>> I propose to (1) move help-function described as lambda function out
>> of button definition and (2) make function to visit function from
>> help-mode customizable.
>>
>> After the revision, I can visit function from help-mode in `this
>> windows' as shown below.
>
> I have exactly the same problem.  Fortunately, we have a powerful
> customization mechanism of display-buffer-alist to allow clicking
> a link from the *Help* buffer to open source code in the same window:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (custom-set-variables
>  '(display-buffer-alist
>    '((display-buffer-condition-from-help display-buffer-same-window))))
>
> (defun display-buffer-condition-from-help (_buffer-name _action)
>   (string-match-p "\\`\\*\\(Help\\)\\*\\(\\|<[0-9]+>\\)\\'" (buffer-name (current-buffer))))
> #+end_src

Thank you for the solution!  Now from *Help* buffer I can open source
code in the same window by mouse click.

As a side effect, `C-h f' opens *Help* buffer in the same window.  I
still want to open *Help* in other window (original behavior).  Do you
have idea to do so?





  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-09 23:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-29 12:30 bug#35487: Make visiting function from help-mode more customizable Tak Kunihiro
2019-04-29 19:54 ` Juri Linkov
2019-05-09 23:10   ` Tak Kunihiro [this message]
2019-05-10  8:00     ` martin rudalics
2019-05-11 20:42       ` Juri Linkov
2019-05-16  8:52       ` Tak Kunihiro
2019-05-16 20:25         ` Stefan Monnier
2019-05-17 10:03           ` Tak Kunihiro
2019-05-28 21:09         ` Juri Linkov

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