GNU bug report logs - #1119
elisp-index-search on current symbol

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Reported by: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>

Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 16:10:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: elisp-index-search on current symbol
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:58:53 -0700

2 suggestions related to documentation lookup.

(1) have elisp-index-search's default prompt to be the symbol under  
cursor. This seems useful and consistent with other emacs lookup  
commands.

(2) have describe-function display a link to the elisp manual.

For (1), few people have suggested implementations here:
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_frm/thread/ 
f248ae0258c1b37a

Thanks.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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Severity set to `wishlist' from `normal' Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:25:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>
Cc: 1119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1119: elisp-index-search on current symbol
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:58:57 +0200

xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org> writes:

> 2 suggestions related to documentation lookup.
>
> (1) have elisp-index-search's default prompt to be the symbol under
> cursor. This seems useful and consistent with other emacs lookup  
> commands.

Makes sense.  I've now added this to Emacs 27.

> (2) have describe-function display a link to the elisp manual.

I don't think that can be done in general or guessed at efficiently...

-- 
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Added tag(s) fixed. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:00:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 27.1, send any further explanations to 1119 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:00:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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