Re: Documentation about elisp code

[steve-humphreys@gmx.com]

Have made a defvar and want to output the string in message.
Getting into difficulties doing that.

(defvar guidance-message
  "* guidance

C-h f flight"

(defun guidance ()
   "todo"

   (message guidance-message) )

(guidance)



> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2021 at 8:21 PM
> From: "Tassilo Horn" <tsdh@gnu.org>
> To: steve-humphreys@gmx.com
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Documentation about elisp code
>
> steve-humphreys@gmx.com writes:
>
> > Have tried your suggestion, but the funtion is not clickable
> >
> > (defun guide ()
> >   "`guidance-ediff'"
> >
> >   (message "guide") )
>
> It it defined?  It will only be clickable if it is a function which is
> actually defined when you view the docs.  For example, when evaluating
> those two functions, they are linked in *Help* and I can switch between
> them by following the link:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun th/foo ()
>   "See `th/bar'."
>   nil)
>
> (defun th/bar ()
>   "See `th/foo'."
>   nil)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>