changeset 66570:272a21a12d44

(Help Mode): URLs viewed with browse-url.
author Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
date Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:29:17 +0000
parents 66784ee73f14
children beb6b92a94f6
files man/ChangeLog man/help.texi
diffstat 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/ChangeLog	Mon Oct 31 01:22:57 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Mon Oct 31 01:29:17 2005 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-10-30  Bill Wohler  <wohler@newt.com>
+
+	* help.texi (Help Mode): URLs viewed with browse-url.
+
 2005-10-31  Nick Roberts  <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
 
 	* building.texi (GDB Graphical Interface): Don't reference
--- a/man/help.texi	Mon Oct 31 01:22:57 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/help.texi	Mon Oct 31 01:29:17 2005 +0000
@@ -443,6 +443,16 @@
 @key{RET}, to view the documentation of that command or variable.  Use
 @kbd{C-c C-b} to retrace your steps.
 
+@cindex URL, viewing in help
+@cindex help, viewing web pages
+@cindex viewing web pages in help
+@cindex web pages, viewing in help
+@findex browse-url
+  You can follow cross references to URLs (web pages) as well. When
+you follow a cross reference that is a URL, the @code{browse-url}
+command is used to view the web page in a browser of your choosing.
+@xref{Browse-URL}.
+
 @kindex @key{TAB} @r{(Help mode)}
 @findex help-next-ref
 @kindex S-@key{TAB} @r{(Help mode)}