From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6652: [Feature Request] [emacs] location of file for help for variables and functions should list full path Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:23:47 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279632651 19632 80.91.229.12 (20 Jul 2010 13:30:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:30:51 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 20 15:30:50 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObCuG-0008CG-4r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:30:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45338 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ObCuF-0007qi-BZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:23:59 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:56044) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObCnW-0003Vs-CZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:23:50 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObCnT-00059b-HF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:23:47 +0200 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:23:47 +0200 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:23:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Macintosh/20100228) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:24:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:38686 Archived-At: Terrence Brannon wrote: > *When debugging load-path issues, one often wonders where a function or > variable was defined. Since the help-for-help for a variable only lists > the file of a function, you have to click on the file link, then find > the default-directory for that file to see what file it really was > loaded from.* In the *Help* buffer, TAB to the hyperlink, then M-x locate-library -- oops, locate-library does not provide a default for its LIBRARY argument when called interactively [patch forthcoming]. So, TAB to the hyperlink, then C-u C-x =. Search for help-args, then TAB to the [Show] hyperlink (or move to the end of the buffer and M-TAB to [Show]). RET (or mouse-2) will display the full file name in the *Pp Eval Output* buffer. -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA