> > I made two commits within a couple of hours. Have you picked up the latest > > version of descr-text.el (1.48)? > > Yes, I tested the latest version. Try to use `describe-char' on any > character in the help buffer.
OK, I can see it will never work in the help buffer. I've installed your fix (almost): help-insert-string just sets help-xref-stack-item rather than call help-setup-xref. > > > OTOH, I've tested that saving the whole old contents as a string > > > works flawlessly in the help buffer for all links. Are there reasons > > > > Yes, it certainly seemed to work when I tested it too. However, I can see > > Stefan's point that it would be more consistent to make describe-char work > > like the other cases. If my latest patch is still buggy, then I think we > > should fix that. > > It makes no sense to make `describe-char' consistently buggy with > other cases. > > Very few other cases are so sensitive to context. So we could fix > `describe-char' first and fix other cases later if necessary. If it still doesn't work, then please fix it as you see fit. Although appropriate here, I think this approach is inappropriate in many cases e.g `C-h v' could re-create a Help buffer with an out-of-date value which could be very confusing and generally not what is wanted. So I'm not sure I agree with Stafan's idea of a general approach. Currently this seems to be a special case. Nick _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug
