* Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 4bb2741: More fixes of Intro to Emacs Lisp [not found] ` <20180524173804.EED6320718@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> @ 2018-06-22 10:28 ` Dmitry Gutov 2018-06-22 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Dmitry Gutov @ 2018-06-22 10:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel, Eli Zaretskii On 5/24/18 8:38 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > (If the command doesn't prompt, invoke it with an > +argument: @kbd{C-u M-.}; @pxref{Interactive Options}.) Emacs will > +switch buffers and display the source code for the function on your > +screen@footnote{ That reminds me of an old mathematician joke about how one goes about boiling a pot of water. Since we probably agree that the current default is more ergonomic (use the function at point, unless called with the prefix), maybe suggest that approach first, in this text? Like: "if the name of the function you're interested in is under point, press M-.. Otherwise, press C-u M-. and type the function's name." ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 4bb2741: More fixes of Intro to Emacs Lisp 2018-06-22 10:28 ` [Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 4bb2741: More fixes of Intro to Emacs Lisp Dmitry Gutov @ 2018-06-22 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2018-06-22 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dmitry Gutov; +Cc: emacs-devel > From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> > Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:28:22 +0300 > > On 5/24/18 8:38 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > (If the command doesn't prompt, invoke it with an > > +argument: @kbd{C-u M-.}; @pxref{Interactive Options}.) Emacs will > > +switch buffers and display the source code for the function on your > > +screen@footnote{ > > That reminds me of an old mathematician joke about how one goes about > boiling a pot of water. > > Since we probably agree that the current default is more ergonomic (use > the function at point, unless called with the prefix), maybe suggest > that approach first, in this text? > > Like: "if the name of the function you're interested in is under point, > press M-.. Otherwise, press C-u M-. and type the function's name." I cannot decide which variant is better, so I'd prefer to wait for someone to complain first. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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