> I don't think it's natural at all. A most common case of me is doing a
> C-h f from within the *Help* buffer itself,
Then there won't be any read-symbol-shorthands installed and you won't
be affected either way.
Yes, but if I reach that buffer from a query for s-foo, which was
in the completions list, and then decide, from there, that I want
s-bar instead, I'll be confused if it isn't in the completion list.
> to find another related function. Should I keep track of where all
> the C-h f chains started to use those shorthands in those C-h
> f searches? That's madness, at least for me.
I don't think anyone suggested tracking such chains.
Right. But they could, legitimately, ask for this to supplant
the confusion explained above.
João