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Re: info-lookup-alist mangled, breaks C-h S


From: T.V Raman
Subject: Re: info-lookup-alist mangled, breaks C-h S
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:33:12 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:


I still wonder whether the complex list surgery performed by modules
like tramp-integration is truly needed in current Emacs, or if it's a
throw-back from the distant past that has been amplified by
copy/paste/edit cycles.

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> +(mapc
>> + (lambda (elem)
>> +   (let* ((prefix (car elem)))
>> +     (info-lookup-add-help
>> +      :mode (cons 'emacs-lisp-mode prefix)  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>> Now HELP-MODE could be a cons cell, not just a symbol.  But the doc
>> string of info-lookup-alist was not updated, and therefore the
>> semantics of this form is not documented.  What does that cons cell
>> value mean?
>
> The doc string change you've done looks correct to me.

-- 

Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
?7?4 Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  ?0?8



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