From: Peter Dean via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 46702@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46702: Link symbol name in Help
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:38:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <_sPFcYgjHX9CMBiIu6fKccCnK4plP4gFXimfcpU6TgpiK_4JRWIBT-eC_fcg1Nn0K8-CvSbXPN7moklRMLOHydecZY-9wiOvoRwgInwxmno=@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <sfbzt4qHrT8EXjICUZ0T48j5YiG6Vw345EmIvK_ergO1LFPtQej3g76XZ3PjBDQevJ5Ad5qJv6jzhbXsw_H_aI6eMju4Hb8deRzlHJXxPdQ=@protonmail.com>
> > Didn't it work to move over the symbol and type C-h f?
>
> It can work, but why should I press 3 keys instead of one (enter)? Convenience.
Also: discoverability. If a user sees the symbol is linked then he instantly knows
he can act on it by pressing enter or clicking.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-22 8:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-22 6:05 bug#46702: Link symbol name in Help Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-22 8:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-22 8:26 ` Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-22 8:38 ` Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2021-02-22 15:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 21:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 21:52 ` Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-22 21:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 22:08 ` Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-23 3:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-23 7:09 ` Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-23 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-24 16:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-24 16:29 ` Peter Dean via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-24 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-24 16:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-24 17:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 15:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-25 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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