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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `C-h f' doesn't show file where function comes from
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C0DE54.9030201@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4mhc8v2yvc.fsf@jpl.org>

 > When I start Emacs with
 >
 >   emacs -Q -l wid-edit
 >
 > and type
 >
 >   C-h f widget-button-press RET
[...]
 > However, Emacs 23.0.60 shows:
 > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
 > widget-button-press is an interactive compiled Lisp function.
 >
 >
 > (widget-button-press pos &optional event)
 >
 > Invoke button at pos.
 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
 >
[...]
 > The way of Emacs 23.0.60 is
 > inconvenient to me.  I need to evaluate (symbol-file 'FN) when I
 > want to know where the file providing the function definition is.

Please try with the most recent CVS.  If the behavior you observe
persists, please send a bug report with the following additional
information: Your checkout directory, the directory where you built
Emacs, and the directory where your Emacs is installed.

Maybe I missed something here.

Thanks, martin.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-09-05  7:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-05  0:57 `C-h f' doesn't show file where function comes from Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-09-05  1:04 ` Francis Litterio
2008-09-05  7:23 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2008-09-05  8:02   ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-09-05  8:17     ` martin rudalics
2008-09-05 12:25       ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-09-06 12:22         ` martin rudalics
2008-09-08  0:13           ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-09-08  0:31             ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2008-09-08  6:55               ` martin rudalics
2008-09-08  6:55             ` martin rudalics
2008-09-08  8:39               ` Katsumi Yamaoka

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