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    > Why do we need to put properties other that the `face' property
    > in doc strings?  There are already ways to make links.

    To include graphics in Help, for one thing.

Is that really something we should get into?
I think we should not.

That doesn't mean I am opposed to including some feature that would
make it possible.  I would not be against that if it were clean, not a
lot of work, etc.  But it is not a goal.