From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: getting the source finding button in c-h f help buffers to work
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:15:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160212191530.GA21592@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJcAo8v+gSq0pemaSwUyro7aUEkyMQwKe=MdrPXxhqoz2qmUfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Samuel Wales wrote:
> when you do c-h f, emacs provides a link to the source. i have always
> relied on this feature.
>
> in my own code, i have always kept byte-compiled files in a separate
> directory from the source. this has never been a problem.
>
> in a recent version of emacs, perhaps a recent emacs 24 minor version,
> it seems that c-h f source links no longer work if you keep your
> byte-compiled files in a separate directory from the source files.
> more specifically, they no longer exist.
This is a dejà vu...
there was a thread about that here a while ago:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2016-02/threads.html#00004>
The gist is you can set a variable `find-function-C-source-directory'
to tip Emacs in the right direction.
Regards
- -- t
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-12 19:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-12 17:24 getting the source finding button in c-h f help buffers to work Samuel Wales
2016-02-12 17:43 ` Drew Adams
2016-02-12 19:15 ` tomas [this message]
2016-02-12 21:18 ` Drew Adams
2016-02-13 15:17 ` tomas
2016-02-13 20:23 ` Samuel Wales
2016-02-12 19:16 ` Emanuel Berg
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