From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#30707: describe-variable misses linking linkable changed items Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:28:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87o91wzo4r.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <87606bl0yy.fsf@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="47837"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 30707@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 14 16:45:01 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfkL-000C49-Jp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:45:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60822 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUw-0004ta-QT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49095) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUt-0004tB-HV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUs-0003fD-Ix for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36762) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUs-0003f4-Bd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUs-0000Rv-5o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 30707 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 30707-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B30707.15631145231679 (code B ref 30707); Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 30707) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2019 14:28:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45580 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUZ-0000R1-5d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:28:43 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:53038) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUW-0000Qs-Tm for 30707@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 10:28:41 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hmfUS-00036c-H8; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:28:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87606bl0yy.fsf@jidanni.org> ("=?UTF-8?Q?=E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC?= Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:17:57 +0800") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:162991 Archived-At: =E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC Dan Jacobson writes: > I do > (describe-variable (quote browse-url-browser-function)) > and see in *Help*: > > browse-url-browser-function is a variable defined in =E2=80=98browse-u= rl.el=E2=80=99. > Its value is =E2=80=98browse-url-chromium=E2=80=99 > Original value was > browse-url-default-browser > > The problem is browse-url-default-browser should be a blue link, but was > not detected as linkable. > > So the user has to do > (describe-function (quote browse-url-default-browser)) > to learn about it, instead of just being able to click it! This sounds reasonable, but I don't think it is. :-) `browse-url-default-browser' is just a symbol that that variable had as a value. Yes, it's a symbol that refers to a function, but in general, the doc machinery doesn't know that that's how it's going to be used; it might be a total coincidence. (Especially with shorter symbols.) So I'm closing this bug report. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no