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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:09:01 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bl4hrxtu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM9PR09MB497740F970C8D50002CCBBC696A49@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (message from Arthur Miller on Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:57:13 +0200)

> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>,  larsi@gnus.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:57:13 +0200
> 
> > Please, no unnecessary generalizations of this kind.  Or at least not
> > to cater to this particular request.  I want a _help_ command, not
> > just a prefix that runs any command in the other window.  because, for
> > starters, what if the *Help* buffer is not currently on display at
> > all?
> 
> Here is one updated without the unnecessary let statement.

Thanks, but I'd prefer a prefix command, so that you wouldn't need to
prompt for the key sequence, but expect the user to provide it
already.  For example, "C-h M-h s" would show the definition of the
function or variable.

Also, the *Help* window should stay displayed, so any additional
buffers the command needs to pop (for example, to show the definition)
should not replace the *Help* buffer, it should pop in another window,
exactly like when I invoke the command from the *Help* buffer.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-25  6:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2021-09-23 22:18           ` bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer Arthur Miller
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2021-09-24  7:16                       ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-24 15:31                         ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-24 16:12                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-24 19:36                             ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-24 19:39                             ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-24 19:57                             ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-25  6:09                               ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-09-25 14:41                                 ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-25 14:59                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25 16:22                                     ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-25 16:26                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25 17:08                                         ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-25 17:20                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25 20:15                                             ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-26 21:52                                               ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-26  9:11                                           ` martin rudalics
2021-09-26 16:11                                             ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-26 16:54                                               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-26 21:51                                                 ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-26 22:38                                                   ` Drew Adams
2021-09-26 22:46                                                     ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-26 17:51                                               ` martin rudalics
2021-09-26 21:48                                                 ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-27 11:07                                 ` Exec help commands from other buffer (was bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer) Arthur Miller
2021-09-27 19:59                                   ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-24 18:34                           ` [External] : Re: bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer Drew Adams
2021-09-24 19:34                           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-24 20:20                           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-24 20:33                           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-25 18:46                             ` Juri Linkov

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