From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++-mode does not support C-h S?
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:36:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835ybe83b7.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878rgaoqe1.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (message from Sergey Organov on Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:11:02 +0300)
> From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:11:02 +0300
>
> In a buffer with c++-mode major mode, pressing C-h S causes appearance
> of the prompt "Use symbol help mode: " in the minibuffer that, according
> to the manual, means c++-mode does not support info-lookup-symbol?:
>
> If you use C-h S in a major mode that does not support it, it asks you
> to specify the symbol help mode. You should enter a command such as
> c-mode that would select a major mode which C-h S does support.
If you type "c-mode RET" at the prompt, does the feature work then?
> How do I configure c++-mode to use c-mode to lookup symbols
Copy the two info-lookup-maybe-add-help blocks in info-look.el that
reference c-mode and make them reference c++-mode.
> and why it's not configured this way by default?
Because the _real_ documentation of C++ is usually not installed on
the end-user systems.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-06 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-05 21:11 c++-mode does not support C-h S? Sergey Organov
2023-03-06 12:36 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-03-06 13:13 ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-06 14:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-03-06 15:49 ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-06 15:56 ` Arsen Arsenović
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