* help-fns.el (find-lisp-object-file-name): Give special treatment

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / help-fns.el

diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index 178096d..bdf8601 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -336,11 +336,15 @@ suitable file is found, return nil."
       ;; If we don't have a file-name string by now, we lost.
       nil)
      ;; Now, `file-name' should have become an absolute file name.
-     ;; For files loaded from ~/.emacs.elc, try ~/.emacs.
+     ;; For files loaded from ~/.foo.elc, try ~/.foo.
+     ;; This applies to config files like ~/.emacs,
+     ;; which people sometimes compile.
      ((let (fn)
-       (and (string-equal file-name
-                          (expand-file-name ".emacs.elc" "~"))
-            (file-readable-p (setq fn (expand-file-name ".emacs" "~")))
+       (and (string-match "\\`\\..*\\.elc\\'"
+                          (file-name-nondirectory file-name))
+            (string-equal (file-name-directory file-name)
+                          (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "~")))
+            (file-readable-p (setq fn (file-name-sans-extension file-name)))
             fn)))
      ;; When the Elisp source file can be found in the install
      ;; directory, return the name of that file.