bug#6652: [Feature Request] [emacs] location of file for help for variables and functions should list full path

[Kevin Rodgers]

Terrence Brannon wrote:
> *When debugging load-path issues, one often wonders where a function or 
> variable was defined. Since the help-for-help for a variable only lists 
> the file of a function, you have to click on the file link, then find 
> the default-directory for that file to see what file it really was 
> loaded from.*

In the *Help* buffer, TAB to the hyperlink, then M-x locate-library --
oops, locate-library does not provide a default for its LIBRARY argument
when called interactively [patch forthcoming].

So, TAB to the hyperlink, then C-u C-x =.  Search for help-args, then
TAB to the [Show] hyperlink (or move to the end of the buffer and M-TAB
to [Show]).  RET (or mouse-2) will display the full file name in the
*Pp Eval Output* buffer.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA