bug#9054: 24.0.50; show source in other window

[martin rudalics]

>> I just did C-h f whitespace-display-window, from there went to that
>> function's source and added a doc-string for it.  Displaying the source
>> in the help window would have been merely distracting in this scenario.
>>
> Ok, but that is diferrent usage scenario :). You are completely changing
> requirement there. What you describe is indeed more handy when you wish to 
hack
> a function. But when you do not wish to hack it, but would like to see what it
> does, but stay in the same buffer you were edited, than what you describe 
would
> be nuissance and distraction.

The point I wanted to make was that there may be tenths of different
usage scenarios for perusing the *Help* window and its buffer.

> Also, consider again, people new to Emacs. Having source auto shown to them,
> makes them probably more akin to see what is going on, how things work and 
give
> more incitament to explore. I think.

There are two major sources of disappointments here - many users are not
proficient in C and often the function they will look up first is only a
stub for the function doing the actual work.

martin