Variable: help-window-keep-selected

help-window-keep-selected is a customizable variable defined in help.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, navigation commands in the *Help* buffer will reuse the window.

If nil, many commands in the *Help* buffer, like s (help-view-source) and i (help-goto-info), will pop to a different window to display the results.

Also see help-window-select.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 29.1.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 29.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/help.el.gz
(defcustom help-window-keep-selected nil
  "If non-nil, navigation commands in the *Help* buffer will reuse the window.
If nil, many commands in the *Help* buffer, like \\<help-mode-map>\\[help-view-source] and \\[help-goto-info], will
pop to a different window to display the results.

Also see `help-window-select'."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'help
  :version "29.1")