31 Jul 2012 20:38
bug#12106: 24.1; be able to prevent `help-make-xrefs' from creating a cross ref
Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
2012-07-31 18:38:05 GMT
2012-07-31 18:38:05 GMT
I would like some easy way to prevent `help-make-xrefs' from turning a given `...' into a cross reference (link). If I want to refer to a function or whatever without linking to what Emacs thinks is the proper doc for it, what can I do? The current handling of `...' is too black-and-white. There should be some way to turn off link a particular instance of `...'. E.g., we should be able to put something in the doc string that (a) is not, itself, displayed and (b) prevents `help-make-xrefs' from creating a link for that `...' occurrence. If we did not care about making the indication invisible then it might be enough to change, say, `help-xref-symbol-regexp' to this: "\\(\\<\\(\\(variable\\|option\\)\\|\\(function\\|command\\)\\|\ \\(face\\)\\|\\(symbol\\|program\\|property\\)\\|\ \\(source \\(?:code \\)?\\(?:of\\|for\\)\\)\\)[ \n]+\\)?\ [^\\]`\\(\\sw\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)'" ^^^^^ I.e., just let a backslash escape `...' from linking. But that puts a `\' in the output buffer as well. (Perhaps it could be made invisible?) Anyway, I am not proposing the solution, I'm just filing the enhancement request. In GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2012-06-10 on MARVIN Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600(Continue reading)
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