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bug#8592: 24.0.50; improve describe-function/variable
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Juri Linkov |
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bug#8592: 24.0.50; improve describe-function/variable |
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Date: |
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:15:33 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> Both functions provide lots of useful information. Unfortunatly, they do
> too much at once. They collect the information AND display it. I'd find
> it useul to have access to the help text in a lisp program. So I suggest
> splitting the functions up and have one function return the help text,
> another display it. Even more useful would be a function returning a
> list with source file and position, keybindings, etc for functions and
> original value for variables.
This is what I intended to do:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/125872/focus=126713
I'll continue very soon.