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Re: Prefixed manual describe-function and api overview
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Prefixed manual describe-function and api overview |
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Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:35:19 -0400 |
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> > It is worth a try. Let's see whether users find that helps them
> > find the information they are looking for.
> >
> > To find out whether users find it helpful, we might want to publish it
> > and ask users to try it.
> Well it is published,
You sent mail about it to emacs-devel. That will inform Emacs
developers, but only a tiny fraction of the uers. What I mean by
"publish it" is to inform lots of users.
> > Here's an idea: make describe-function accept topic names as well as
function
> > names. When the input is a topic name, it would follow up by doing what
> > you've implemented. If the minibuffer prompt explains this feature,
> > users might discover it on their own. And it won't require a new command.
> I see your point but that'd defeat the purpose of the package for me.
> I'd type "string" and have to figure out which one is a function and
> which one is a topic.
I can't follow you there.
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