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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:257231 Archived-At: > >> We could add a "View in Manual" button in Help buffers if info-lookup > >> says that the symbol is in the Emacs Lisp Info index. >=20 > Yes, it should be fairly easy to do using the > `help-fns-describe-*-functions` hooks. That won't help with variable, face, etc. help. > > For interactive functions (a.k.a. "commands"), there's an ambiguity > > here: should the link lead to the Emacs user manual or to the Emacs > > Lisp Reference manual? We could show both, but that could confuse > > users (as opposed to Lisp programmers). >=20 > I think something like: >=20 > Also documented in the >Emacs user's manual<. > Also documented in the >ELisp programmer's reference<. >=20 > should be clear enough (where >...< is meant to delimit the hyperlink). That won't help with functions (vars, faces, etc.) covered in other manuals: CL, Tramp, Org, Dired-X, Calc, Ediff, etc.