From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: help-fns unsolicited elisp loading (was Re: bug#28048: 26.0.50; behaviour of C-h f semantic-mode)
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:50:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BC4E5B4F-4C3C-4644-933C-D7360ABBB5FD@udel.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV--xYKNJcb73T1wigJ2upsakj-45yjM3QerYi+NNxiiB5w@mail.gmail.com>
On September 22, 2017 12:28:30 AM EDT, Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>
>wrote:
>>
>> Why are we loading (effectively) arbitrary elisp without the user
>asking
>> for it? Any elisp in Emacs--including installed 3rdp packages--can
>get
>> loaded when looking for function or variable help.
>
>I believe it's only elisp included in Emacs proper that is eligible
>for this lookup. The table is built during 'make autoloads'.
I have language modes installed via package-install-file that become loaded when doing C-h f on their mode functions, the same as what happens for things in Emacs proper.
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2017-09-22 4:09 ` help-fns unsolicited elisp loading (was Re: bug#28048: 26.0.50; behaviour of C-h f semantic-mode) Mark Oteiza
2017-09-22 4:28 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-09-23 14:50 ` Mark Oteiza [this message]
2017-09-23 15:38 ` Noam Postavsky
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