From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1322: dedicated *Help* and M-x help-for-help Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:46:27 +0100 Message-ID: <491802F3.5040304@gmx.at> References: Reply-To: martin rudalics , 1322@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226311855 25697 80.91.229.12 (10 Nov 2008 10:10:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jm3@jm3.net To: 1322@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 10 11:11:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KzTkH-0004yy-FR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:11:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55214 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzTj9-0005jU-G6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:10:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzTip-0005eX-2Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:10:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzTin-0005dp-2T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:10:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60960 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzTim-0005dm-Vl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:10:13 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:48116) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KzTim-0004AT-Ak for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mAAAA6d5027329; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:10:07 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mAA9t518023002; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:55:05 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: martin rudalics Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:55:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1322 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1322-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1322.122631048621593 (code B ref 1322); Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:55:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1322) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 10 Nov 2008 09:48:06 +0000 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with SMTP id mAA9m20R021587 for <1322@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:48:04 -0800 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 10 Nov 2008 09:47:56 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-54-128.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.54.128]) [62.47.54.128] by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 10 Nov 2008 10:47:56 +0100 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+GJysQm0yGk0kPJQz1x1rsael2TPoSi7SbJwz9mG yRsAOAFXEpE1sK User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.72 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:10:14 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:22256 Archived-At: > `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