From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:46:08 +0200 Message-ID: <875yuvlrz3.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31487"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 20 07:47:44 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mSC9X-0007xy-31 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:47:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53376 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSC9U-0001jj-Hm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 01:47:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSC89-0000V0-Tp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 01:46:18 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:47166) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mSC86-0007ec-Hu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 01:46:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=PNPPyG/909MJUR9so9pECLf5UGaX7KosClrKrUXOzyU=; b=enshkyScqPu2Hl09lgXhONmsVn y2uW95D5SwbkkEnaoT9ezuGGlGaC1+Z2rhp2HC3sT1Bd7T2cpOG+xJsr11j1SM1CCqn/foiP4q5Zo xnRhzt6pOuW1Mc2EU6LmPqmEsaNpybb64XRybY/DGTTcYJBvAJb5s0pw5/zcML78A7iE=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mSC80-0005ls-TI; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:46:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Arthur Miller's message of "Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:50:35 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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:275100 Archived-At: Arthur Miller writes: > Here is my second proposal to bring built-in help on par with external > offerings. I haven't tried the patch, but this is for showing the source code of the function/variable in question in the *Help* buffer? I'm not quite sure I understand the utility of that -- if you want to look at the source, you can just hit the `s' key. And then you get all the proper language-related Emacs stuff in that buffer -- looking at sources is usually nicer in the correct major mode than in other buffers. So I don't understand who'd want this. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no