doc: emacs: Document "View graph" popup action.

* doc/emacs.texi (Emacs Popup Interface): Document "View graph" action.
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Several commands (@command{guix graph}, @command{guix system dmd-graph}
and @command{guix system extension-graph}) also have a ``View graph''
action, which allows you to view a generated graph using @command{dot}
command (specified by @code{guix-dot-program} variable). By default a
PNG file will be saved in @file{/tmp} directory and will be opened
directly in Emacs. This behavior may be changed with the following
variables:
@table @code
@item guix-find-file-function
Function used to open a generated graph. If you want to open a graph in
an external program, you can do it by modifying this variable---for
example, you can use a functionality provided by the Org Mode
(@pxref{Top,,, org, The Org Manual}):
@example
(setq guix-find-file-function 'org-open-file)
(add-to-list 'org-file-apps '("\\.png\\'" . "sxiv %s"))
@end example
@item guix-dot-default-arguments
Command line arguments to run @command{dot} command. If you change an
output format (for example, into @code{-Tpdf}), you also need to change
the next variable.
@item guix-dot-file-name-function
Function used to define a name of the generated graph file. Default
name is @file{/tmp/guix-emacs-graph-XXXXXX.png}.
@end table
So, for example, if you want to generate and open a PDF file in your
Emacs, you may change the settings like this:
@example
(defun my-guix-pdf-graph ()
"/tmp/my-current-guix-graph.pdf")
(setq guix-dot-default-arguments '("-Tpdf")
guix-dot-file-name-function 'my-guix-pdf-graph)
@end example
@node Emacs Prettify
@section Guix Prettify Mode