From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7127: 23.2; M-x help throws an error Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:27:15 -0400 Message-ID: <4i7hi5a1po.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285717296 5912 80.91.229.12 (28 Sep 2010 23:41:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7127@debbugs.gnu.org To: Aidan Kehoe Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 29 01:41:34 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jng-0006eb-SI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:41:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48388 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P0jne-0002t9-Tc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:41:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40343 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P0jnX-0002sv-Ck for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:41:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jnW-0000KR-6L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:41:23 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34771) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jnW-0000KM-4k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:41:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jXh-0005Mh-O2; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:25:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7127 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo unreproducible Original-Received: via spool by 7127-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7127.128571626720607 (code B ref 7127); Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7127) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Sep 2010 23:24:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jX9-0005MK-Jr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jX8-0005MC-Ew for 7127@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0jZs-0003bW-7t; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:27:16 -0400 X-Spook: supercomputer Cohiba NASA nitrate ammunition cybercash X-Ran: z9`x<=e)f:/|o.P;OFD;i^+%c5j)WfFRU&7ZxR#vsX>;v{$3GSZ_HXh1[>Km[_99,?y;1l X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:25:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:40524 Archived-At: Aidan Kehoe wrote: > 1) emacs -Q > 2) M-x help RET > 3) Observe error giving following backtrace: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) I cannot reproduce this. > The issue seems to be make-help-screen in help-macro.el, which assumes > that (documentation FNAME) gives non-nil, something not true for > #'help. (documentation #'help) returns "Help command." for me in Emacs 23.2. > In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 2.18.6) > of 2010-05-08 on laptop