* bug#30707: describe-variable misses linking linkable changed items
@ 2018-03-05 2:17 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-14 14:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2018-03-05 2:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 30707
I do
(describe-variable (quote browse-url-browser-function))
and see in *Help*:
browse-url-browser-function is a variable defined in ‘browse-url.el’.
Its value is ‘browse-url-chromium’
Original value was
browse-url-default-browser
The problem is browse-url-default-browser should be a blue link, but was
not detected as linkable.
So the user has to do
(describe-function (quote browse-url-default-browser))
to learn about it, instead of just being able to click it!
See, it really exists:
browse-url-default-browser is a compiled Lisp function in
‘browse-url.el’.
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* bug#30707: describe-variable misses linking linkable changed items
2018-03-05 2:17 bug#30707: describe-variable misses linking linkable changed items 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
@ 2019-07-14 14:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-14 14:56 ` Noam Postavsky
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2019-07-14 14:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 30707
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> I do
> (describe-variable (quote browse-url-browser-function))
> and see in *Help*:
>
> browse-url-browser-function is a variable defined in ‘browse-url.el’.
> Its value is ‘browse-url-chromium’
> Original value was
> browse-url-default-browser
>
> The problem is browse-url-default-browser should be a blue link, but was
> not detected as linkable.
>
> So the user has to do
> (describe-function (quote browse-url-default-browser))
> to learn about it, instead of just being able to click it!
This sounds reasonable, but I don't think it is. :-)
`browse-url-default-browser' is just a symbol that that variable had as
a value. Yes, it's a symbol that refers to a function, but in general,
the doc machinery doesn't know that that's how it's going to be used; it
might be a total coincidence. (Especially with shorter symbols.)
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#30707: describe-variable misses linking linkable changed items
2019-07-14 14:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2019-07-14 14:56 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-07-14 15:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Noam Postavsky @ 2019-07-14 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 30707, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
>
>> browse-url-browser-function is a variable defined in ‘browse-url.el’.
>> Its value is ‘browse-url-chromium’
>> The problem is browse-url-default-browser should be a blue link, but was
>> not detected as linkable.
> This sounds reasonable, but I don't think it is. :-)
> `browse-url-default-browser' is just a symbol that that variable had as
> a value. Yes, it's a symbol that refers to a function, but in general,
> the doc machinery doesn't know that that's how it's going to be used; it
> might be a total coincidence. (Especially with shorter symbols.)
Even if it is just a coincidence, would it hurt to linkify it?
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* bug#30707: describe-variable misses linking linkable changed items
2019-07-14 14:56 ` Noam Postavsky
@ 2019-07-14 15:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2019-07-14 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Noam Postavsky; +Cc: 30707, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:
> Even if it is just a coincidence, would it hurt to linkify it?
Yes, I think so. It is confusing if you see a link, hit it, and it
takes you to someplace completely irrelevant.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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