From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Herbert Euler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: A suggestion... Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:31:45 +0800 Message-ID: References: <86mz07yakt.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179376364 28293 80.91.229.12 (17 May 2007 04:32:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 04:32:44 +0000 (UTC) To: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 17 06:32:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HoXfN-0002tP-3A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 06:32:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HoXnP-0004pl-Cl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 00:40:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HoXmt-0004ax-QM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 00:40:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HoXmp-0004aK-H6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 00:40:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HoXmp-0004aH-CD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 00:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from bay0-omc1-s10.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.82]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HoXef-0004Cc-6N; Thu, 17 May 2007 00:31:57 -0400 Original-Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.154.99]) by bay0-omc1-s10.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 16 May 2007 21:31:48 -0700 Original-Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 16 May 2007 21:31:48 -0700 Original-Received: from 65.55.154.123 by by143fd.bay143.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:31:45 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.145.54.158] X-Originating-Email: [herberteuler@hotmail.com] X-Sender: herberteuler@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <86mz07yakt.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 May 2007 04:31:48.0320 (UTC) FILETIME=[48622600:01C7983C] X-detected-kernel: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:71210 Archived-At: >When doing something like C-h f for a function, one gets displayed a >hyperlink to the corresponding source file. > >Now there is not rarely the situation that one actually wants not to >go to the Elisp file in load-path, but rather the actual source file. > >It happens that .elc files have a header similar to the following: > >;ELC. >;;; Compiled by dak@lola.quinscape.zz on Mon May 14 12:09:35 2007 >;;; from file /rep/emacs/lisp/gnus/mml2015.el >;;; in Emacs version 23.0.51 >;;; with all optimizations. > >The information is sufficient for determining whether the compilation >happened on the current machine by the current user, and if so, what >the actual source file has been. > >So in this particular case, I'd prefer if, without further >configuration and ado, I'd be landed in the corresponding source file >if it is still present on the given machine. > >Since I have several packages I build and install from the respective >CVS source archives, having this work automatically would be quite >nice. I agree. M-. now always creates buffers like "subr.el<2>", which is not good. Regards, Guanpeng Xu _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/