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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.





  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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