From e72850d51b2751f120c568e8f198d6b56fd04b0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luc Teirlinck Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:33:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Documentation Tips): Document new behavior for face and variable hyperlinks in Help mode. --- lispref/tips.texi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index 0c16ebac2bc..1b40685ba5d 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -695,6 +695,16 @@ that satisfy the criterion. does not make a hyperlink to the documentation, irrelevant here, of the function @code{list}. +Normally, no hyperlink is made for a variable without variable +documentation. You can force a hyperlink for such variables by +preceding them with one of the words @samp{variable} or +@samp{option}. + +Hyperlinks for faces are only made if the face name is preceded or +followed by the word @samp{face}. In that case, only the face +documentation will be shown, even if the symbol is also defined as a +variable or as a function. + To make a hyperlink to Info documentation, write the name of the Info node in single quotes, preceded by @samp{info node} or @samp{Info node}. The Info file name defaults to @samp{emacs}. For example, -- 2.39.2