* bug#575: suggestion: add link to info doc in describe mode
@ 2008-07-19 5:45 xah lee
2022-04-13 0:51 ` bug#575: bug#2473: usability issues on emacs's describe-mode Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: xah lee @ 2008-07-19 5:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
Here's a suggestion: add link to info doc in describe mode.
Detail: When just using a unfamiliar new mode, such as org-mode, i
use M-x describe-mode to see what commands are available.
It would be nice that somewhere there is a link to the info doc of
the mode if it exists.
Similarly, when i use describe-function, would it be good to have a
link to the location of the func's doc in elisp manual?
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Another suggestion: when using describe-mode, i find the listing of
minor modes at top is confusing. (especially to new users of emacs)
Perhaps move the minor mode list to the bottom?
Thanks.
PS please let me know if it is always better to send separate emails
for different issues/suggestions even if minor.
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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* bug#575: bug#2473: usability issues on emacs's describe-mode
2008-07-19 5:45 bug#575: suggestion: add link to info doc in describe mode xah lee
@ 2022-04-13 0:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-04-13 0:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xah lee; +Cc: 575, 2473
xah lee <xah@xahlee.org> writes:
> Here's a suggestion: add link to info doc in describe mode.
>
> Detail: When just using a unfamiliar new mode, such as org-mode, i use
> M-x describe-mode to see what commands are available.
>
> It would be nice that somewhere there is a link to the info doc of the
> mode if it exists.
I've now added a link to the major mode function in the `describe-mode'
output, and from there the user can use the `i' command (etc.) to look
up the manual entry.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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