Re: c++-mode does not support C-h S?

[Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> 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?

Yes, it does. It finds symbols in GNU C library info files alright 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.

Thanks for the hint, will try.

>
>> 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.

GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (documentation files) are likely to be
installed on Linux hosts, I think.

Also, C library is still accessible from C++, so search in GNU C info
files what was not found in C++ seems to be a good idea as well.

Thanks,
-- Sergey Organov