From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: 1322@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: jm3@jm3.net
Subject: bug#1322: dedicated *Help* and M-x help-for-help
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:46:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <491802F3.5040304@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EC7340CC-AD2A-477B-AF13-7231AB0E8B46@gmail.com>
> `help-on-help' cannot deal with dedicated windows.
> To reproduce:
>
> (setq special-display-buffer-names '("*Help*"))
> (help-on-help)
>
> This will open a new frame with the *Help* buffer. However, as soon as
> the user presses one of the keys (e.g., `a`), the frame is iconified,
> which is unexpected and not what you get when the window is not dedicated.
This is a known problem, I shortly mentioned in
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-10/msg00029.html
Unfortunately, `help-on-help' is broken in a couple of other respects as
well. I'm working on a comprehensive solution.
martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-10 9:46 UTC|newest]
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2008-11-10 4:47 ` bug#1322: dedicated *Help* and M-x help-for-help David Reitter
2008-11-10 9:46 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2008-11-17 10:30 ` bug#1322: marked as done (dedicated *Help* and M-x help-for-help) Emacs bug Tracking System
2008-11-10 10:33 bug#1322: dedicated *Help* and M-x help-for-help Geoff Gole
2008-11-10 14:57 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-10 17:06 ` martin rudalics
2008-11-11 2:28 ` Geoff Gole
2008-11-11 9:41 ` martin rudalics
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