Re: [PATCH] Unify fn and var help to make learning elisp a little easier

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> Actually, there is already a function for that, called
>> `help-xref-interned', so all we need is to give it a nicer name
>> (e.g. describe-symbol), and an `interactive' spec which
>> provides completion.
> That's what my patch does.

Duh, sorry!  Your patch is a lot better than "a simple union of
describe-function and describe-variable to do this".  I was fooled by
your humility.

The patch looks pretty good, actually.  I'm not completely sure we want
to use "C-h o" for its binding, tho I don't see any obvious reasons
not to.

But now we have the reverse problem that this goes beyond the "tiny
change" limit, so we'd need you to sign some copyright paperwork before
we can accept it.  Would you be willing to do that?


        Stefan