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Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Patch proposal: display symbol source code in help buffers
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:01:07 +0300

> From: Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:37:56 +0200
> 
> Lastly hitting the `s' key opens another buffer in another
> window (at least for me) and (also at least for me), at
> surprising locations in my frame.  I have a UHD monitor and,
> at least the way I configured it, emacs opens up to 4
> windows, the help buffer and the source buffer not
> necessarily adjunct.  All 4 windows can carry 92 lines, so
> there is plenty of room below the text in the help buffer to
> show more info.

But that window has the wrong mode for reading the source.  So it
might be a good "selling point", but once you are past "the drums",
using the display for seriously studying the source code is way less
convenient and efficient than having the source pop in its own window.
Right?



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