I do "C-h f" a lot for emacs lisp functions. I prefer to have the window displaying the Help buffer selected (right after C-h f) and then press "q" when im done to close the window. Is there a way to achive this?
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Try
(setq help-window-select t) or customize this variable. The full documentation states:
Documentation: Non-nil means select help window for viewing. Choices are: never (nil) Select help window only if there is no other window on its frame. other Select help window unless the selected window is the only other window on the help window's frame. always (t) Always select the help window. This option has effect if and only if the help window was created by `with-help-window' You can customize this variable. This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in version 23.1 of Emacs. 
- 2Good to know this is a built-in feature "now"! For ages I used an advice for the various help functions to do this.paprika– paprika2014-11-10 15:51:48 +00:00Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 15:51
*Help*buffer once you're there.