Elvince: add config

2018-06-22T21:28:55Z

add config

Elvince: helpful, enhanced help buffer

2017-06-12T21:20:25Z

helpful, enhanced help buffer

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{{Package
|name=Helpful
|description=an alternative to the built-in Emacs help that provides much more contextual information.
|author=Wilfred
|maintainer=Wilfred
|source=https://github.com/Wilfred/helpful|in_emacs=no
|in_elpa=yes
}}

'''Helpful''' is an alternative to the built-in Emacs help that provides much more contextual information.

* Helpful will try really hard to '''show the source code'''. It shows the source code for interactively defined functions (unlike the built-in Help) and falls back to the raw sexp if no source is available.
* Helpful will show you '''where a function is being called'''.
* Helpful renders '''docstrings with full cross-references''', hiding superfluous punctuation.
* Helpful will show you the '''properties''' that have been applied to the current symbol. This provides visibility of features like edebug or byte-code optimisation.
* Helpful provides a separate '''helpful-command''' function, for when you just want to view interactive functions.
* Helpful displays any '''keybindings''' that apply to interactive functions.
* You can '''trace, debug''' (coming soon) or disassemble functions from inside Helpful. This is discoverable and doesn't require memorisation of commands.

[[File:Helpful.png]]

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