From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How does `describe-function' know where the source code of the function is? Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:14:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87o84b9exv.fsf@zoho.eu> References: <87pmorf1p5.fsf@mbork.pl> Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6961"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:415Sfk+AfrhJFI5Jxb/T2IhwHKA= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 17 05:17:39 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1n9JSd-0001YY-Gh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:17:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54400 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n9JSc-0004Wj-Ex for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:17:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n9JPc-0001Vo-23 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:14:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:57768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n9JPZ-0003Uh-Fs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:14:30 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n9JPX-00089J-Mh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:14:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:135378 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski wrote: > If I define a function with `defun', C-h f gives me a link > to the source code of the function. I defined a macro > defining a function (its expansion contained a `defun'), and > C-h f'ing that function did /not/ give me that link. I tried > saying M-: (symbol-plist 'my-function), but I haven't seen > any property that would point to the source code. So, my > question is: how does `describe-function' know where the > link should point to (and if it should be rendered at all)? Isn't the help system fed data when the defun is evaluated? After that it's too late to find out :) -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal