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Mon, 8 Oct 2018 11:28:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83pnwo1857.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Oct 2018 22:54:44 +0300") 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:151011 Archived-At: Thanks Eli, On 05/10/2018 22:54 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Maybe it has to do with the fact that help buffer for `proced-sort' >> contains link to the same function (or similarly name variable). > > Yes. This is the intended behavior. Go to that black line and type > "M-x describe-text-properties RET": you will see what it tries to do. > Also try the same on a GUI frame. I see these text props there: face (:height 0.1 :inverse-video t) Yes, it's inverse-video, but it does not provide an explanation. Anyway, it looks somewhat scary for an unprepared user. Why don't we just show usual help for variable/function separately, and make this "list"? If this "list" was displayed right after help for either var/fun was requested, then it's understandable. But this scenario of "open help for one of them, follow the link to another, and see it added" is non-obvious and confusing. To me, at least. I doubt that even experienced users know about this feature. Filipp