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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: 60568@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60568: [FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for generated functions
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 09:40:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8dea9f3e0e57f739835f@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fscpifdw.fsf@localhost>


>
> Would it be possible to provide function body info via *Help* system in 
> Emacs?
>

Would this fit the bill?

diff --git a/lisp/help-mode.el b/lisp/help-mode.el
index bf64d032b6..049eb2fa5a 100644
--- a/lisp/help-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/help-mode.el
@@ -281,7 +281,14 @@ help-function-def--button-function
              (unless (= (point) position)
                (push-mark nil t))
              (goto-char position))
-        (message "Unable to find location in file")))))
+       (with-help-window (help-buffer)
+         (insert (format "Function `%s' could not be found in " fun))
+         (if file
+              (insert (format "`%s'." file))
+            (insert " this file."))
+         (insert "\n\n")
+         (insert (format "Function definition:\n\n" fun))
+         (insert (format "%S" (symbol-function fun))))))))

  (define-button-type 'help-function-def
    :supertype 'help-xref






  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-05  9:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-05  7:56 bug#60568: [FR] 30.0.50; Help buffers and function bodies for generated functions Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-05  8:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05  8:20   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-05  8:32     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05 17:04       ` Jean Louis
2023-01-05 17:03   ` Jean Louis
2023-01-05  9:40 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2023-01-05  9:52   ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-05 10:45 ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-05 10:52   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-05 11:20   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05 12:33     ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-05 14:16       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05 14:27         ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-05 15:10           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05 15:13             ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-05 16:49               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05 20:44                 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-06  6:35                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-06  9:11                     ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-06 17:27                       ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-06 22:52                         ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-07  0:36                           ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-07  6:55                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-07  9:42                               ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-07 13:38                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07 14:00                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-07 14:04                                   ` Gregory Heytings
2023-01-07 15:07                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07 15:14                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-07 15:19                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07 15:23                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-07 17:59                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-07 13:14                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07 13:55                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-05 17:00 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-06  8:39   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-06 16:44 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-07 11:32   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-07 15:44     ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-12 10:40       ` Ihor Radchenko

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