From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Function with a docstring with different level of detail
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:55:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvwmga6ukp.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
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> I would like to have a function with a docstring that can get be set
> up with different levels of detail. Thus the user can decide what
> type of information he wants to see when using "C-h f".
We currently don't have anything explicitly for that purpose (I've
already thought about doing something similar, for example when showing
the doc of `pcase`, where there can be a long list of pcase patterns).
> Can something be done with elisp code?
Given enough effort: yes.
Stefan
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