GNU bug report logs - #8592
24.0.50; improve describe-function/variable

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Package: emacs; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Florian Beck <abstraktion@HIDDEN>; merged with #49587; dated Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:58:01 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.
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Subject: Re: bug#8592: 24.0.50; improve describe-function/variable
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Juri Linkov <juri@HIDDEN> writes:

>> Both functions provide lots of useful information. Unfortunatly, they do
>> too much at once. They collect the information AND display it. I'd find
>> it useul to have access to the help text in a lisp program. So I suggest
>> splitting the functions up and have one function return the help text,
>> another display it. Even more useful would be a function returning a
>> list with source file and position, keybindings, etc for functions and
>> original value for variables.
>
> This is what I intended to do:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/125872/focus=126713
> I'll continue very soon.

That looks exactly like what I need. Looking forward to it!

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Subject: Re: bug#8592: 24.0.50; improve describe-function/variable
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> Both functions provide lots of useful information. Unfortunatly, they do
> too much at once. They collect the information AND display it. I'd find
> it useul to have access to the help text in a lisp program. So I suggest
> splitting the functions up and have one function return the help text,
> another display it. Even more useful would be a function returning a
> list with source file and position, keybindings, etc for functions and
> original value for variables.

This is what I intended to do:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/125872/focus=126713
I'll continue very soon.
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Both functions provide lots of useful information. Unfortunatly, they do
too much at once. They collect the information AND display it. I'd find
it useul to have access to the help text in a lisp program. So I suggest
splitting the functions up and have one function return the help text,
another display it. Even more useful would be a function returning a
list with source file and position, keybindings, etc for functions and
original value for variables.

-- 
Florian Beck
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Report forwarded to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN:
bug#8592; Package emacs. Full text available.
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