Re: Loading when viewing docstring of autoloaded function

[Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>]

On Jun 23, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Drew Adams wrote:

>> The most annoying aspect is that autoloaded functions often have
>> docstrings containing key substitution constructs, which are expanded
>> into `M-x FOO' because the relevant keymaps are not yet defined.
>
> Let the user decide.  Add a user option.  Make your new behavior the  
> default, if
> you like.  But give users an easy way to choose not to load stuff  
> just for doc
> strings.  The code change is trivial - it costs nothing to give  
> users a say.

How about just adding a "load module and rerender" button to the  
*Help* buffer in that case?

I've been annoyed by such docstrings, but at the same time I can see  
myself being much *more* annoyed at the proposed "just load it"  
solution in certain instances.  Some packages, like it or not, do  
things that may be undesirable when you so much as load them.