Re: [PATCH] Unify fn and var help to make learning elisp a little easier

[Stefan Monnier]

> A new user will often not remember whether a symbol he has in mind
> is a function or variable, so he doesn't know whether to use C-h f or C-h
> v to get help for it.

A command that gives you help on "any symbol" would make a lot of
sense, yes.
Actually, there is already a function for that, called
`help-xref-interned', so all we need is to give it a nicer name
(e.g. describe-symbol), and an `interactive' spec which
provides completion.

> BTW am I supposed to send little things like this to emacs-devel, or to
> bug-gnu-emacs, or just post on the wiki?

Either is fine.


        Stefan