From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12149: 24.1; `C-h f' is worse and worse at telling where a function was defined Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:23:29 +0200 Message-ID: <87a8kcuptq.fsf@gnus.org> References: <28819A29BB374779AEEA60B7FF63A25B@us.oracle.com> <87a8kd903l.fsf@gnus.org> <874malv2ri.fsf@ulb.ac.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1461961484 3460 80.91.229.3 (29 Apr 2016 20:24:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:24:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12149@debbugs.gnu.org To: Nicolas Richard Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 29 22:24:33 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awExj-0001mS-If for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:24:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awExf-0004OM-Ir for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45417) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awExV-0004AD-SU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:24:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awExJ-00022K-Sr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:24:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43590) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awExJ-0001zm-QC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awExG-0003fn-EM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12149 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12149-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12149.146196141514071 (code B ref 12149); Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12149) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Apr 2016 20:23:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55924 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awEwp-0003et-83 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:23:35 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:50410) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awEwn-0003el-RH for 12149@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:23:34 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awEwk-0002TX-Bg; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:23:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <874malv2ri.fsf@ulb.ac.be> (Nicolas Richard's message of "Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:31:45 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117260 Archived-At: Nicolas Richard writes: > Anyway, back to the topic, I tried loading a file test.el with content: > > (defun do-silly-things nil > (defun scroll-up (&optional arg) > "Do nothing and pretend all is fine." > t)) > > (provide 'test) > > then run "emacs -Q -l test -f do-silly-things" and finally describe the > function scroll-up. The result was that emacs did not tell where the > function is defined, only that it's a Lisp function/closure. i.e. this > matches what Lars said. Thanks for checking, Nicolas. This has probably been fixed after Drew's bug report. Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no