bug#9054: 24.0.50; show source in other window

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Florian Beck <abstraktion@t-online.de> writes:

> Two windows. Run `describe-function' on a function: The help buffer pops
> up in the other window. `other-window' and click the link to display the
> source file: my original buffer is gone. Very annoying.
>
> What I would like: Either a function that displays the source for the
> function at point in the other window or for the *Help* buffer to open
> the source file in the same window (i.e. the window which displays the
> *Help* buffer).

Yes, it would be nice to allow displaying the source in the same window
as the *Help* buffer was displayed in.  Martin, can this somehow be done
via `display-buffer-alist', or would we have to add a new user option
for `help-mode' for this?

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