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(defun elisp-showdoc (f)
(interactive (list (thing-at-point 'symbol t)))
(message
"%s"
(let* ((doc-list (split-string (documentation (intern f)) "\n"))
(number-lines (min (- (floor (* max-mini-window-height (frame-height))) 2)
(- (length doc-list) 2)))
(subset (concatenate 'list
(last doc-list)
'("")
(subseq doc-list 0 number-lines)))
(pruned-subset (if (string-equal (car (last subset)) "")
(butlast subset)
subset)))
(mapconcat #'identity pruned-subset "\n"))))
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