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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 8947@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8947: 24.0.50; `describe-mode': `help-mode-map' pollutes minor mode descriptions
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:41:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7E6FAA5B1CA644F9A30BD871EBA2DFC1@us.oracle.com> (raw)

This bug seems to date from the first day that `describe-mode' included
minor-mode information.
 
emacs -Q
 
Visit any *.el file, hit `C-h m', then search for `Transient' in *Help*.
The help for `transient-mark-mode' says this:
 
"...for example, incremental search, <, and >."
 
`<' and `>' here should be `M-<' and `M->'.  The bug happens because
`help-mode-map' is being used to interpret `\\[beginning-of-buffer]'
and `\\[end-of-buffer]'.  In the *Help* buffer, where the text is
used, the current keymap is being picked up, where these commands
are bound to `<' and `>'.
 
Note that the problem isn't manifested for something like `C-h f
transient-mark-mode'.  In that case the bindings picked up are those of
the current buffer where the command is issued.  If you do that in
*Help* then you get `<' and `>'.  If you do it in *.el then you get
`M-<' and `M->'.
 
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-06-27 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/build/include'
 






             reply	other threads:[~2011-06-27 22:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-27 22:41 Drew Adams [this message]
2014-02-10  5:07 ` bug#8947: 24.0.50; `describe-mode': `help-mode-map' pollutes minor mode descriptions Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-28 11:04   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-05-01 18:32     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-05-01 20:06       ` Drew Adams
2016-05-01 20:20         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-10-21 19:44           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-21 20:59             ` bug#8947: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-21 21:19               ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-21 21:48                 ` Drew Adams
2021-10-21 22:21                   ` Stefan Kangas
2016-05-01 20:23         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-10-21 14:30           ` Drew Adams
2016-10-21 14:51             ` Noam Postavsky
2016-10-21 15:42               ` Drew Adams

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