From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24842: bug#9445: 24.0.50; `help-make-xrefs' has bad logic Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:00:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87pmtk9sgb.fsf@gnus.org> References: <919e40a4-f6c4-492d-b50f-b0671e13cb60@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37645"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 9445@debbugs.gnu.org, 24842@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 07 20:01:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1mNfPW-0009bK-IO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:01:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35208 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfPV-0003uQ-Ft for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:01:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51108) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfP3-0003S0-Sr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46103) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfP3-0006JP-KY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:01:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfP3-0006Mh-JP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:01:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:01:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24842 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 24842-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24842.163103764123283 (code B ref 24842); Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:01:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24842) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Sep 2021 18:00:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57647 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfOi-00062x-RN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:00:41 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:50206) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfOY-0005lZ-27; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:00:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=t+EUi6I4dkCZtt2e7RU0KLywuE0GG3Udu9FU9GzFFHM=; b=CpFfH0mx+AiPrh9wDaFSI4Dw3v 6LtvPFgscsHeawjqYlenzz9IFTMv0w0qJPOwl5DtnD9kY53ITaQUFWE+iu6ja3SEEjmKfRneRxNUb Lv7nJJ5AxYq7TkgeQSlnuuTqD0P3ifESrO6Tr1kuwCzB007AKh1CTfCawEZbjwpYwSwE=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mNfOO-0000A4-NF; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:00:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <919e40a4-f6c4-492d-b50f-b0671e13cb60@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:00:14 -0700 (PDT)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213728 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > `help-make-xrefs' tries to guess the type of a symbol that is enclosed > in `...', in help. > > This determination needs to to be improved, or else programmers need > some way to inhibit it when it turns out to be inappropriate. > > Example: This is part of a doc string I have: > > `isearchp-movement-unit-alist'\t- units and their movement functions > `isearchp-on-demand-action-function'\t- on-demand action function > `isearchp-prompt-for-filter-name'\t- when to ask for filter name > > Those symbols are all variables (in fact, user options), not functions. > but the word "function" at the end of the second line causes the quoted > symbol that follows it to be considered as a function name. And then, > because it is not `fboundp', it gets no link. It should instead get a > variable-name link to its definition. There wasn't any recipe for reproduction here, so I came up with this: (defun foo1 ()) (defvar foo2 ()) (defvar foo nil " `foo1' something. `foo1'\t- units and their movement functions `foo2' something. `foo2'\t- units and their movement functions ") When evaling this and then `C-h v foo RET' in Emacs 28, all these are recognised as symbols in the *Help* buffer, so this seems to work for me in this test case, at least. Are you still seeing this issue in recent Emacs versions? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no