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Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:49:14 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:51:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51979 Archived-At: In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-09-19 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt' Steps to reproduce: 1. emacs -Q 2. C-h C-\ tamil-itrans RET 3. Note that the cursor position is at head of the help buffer 4. Now (setq pop-up-windows nil) and repeat steps 1 and 2. 5. See that the cursor position is at the tail of the help buffer Considering that the help buffer is big, showing the tail of the buffer is very unhelpful. Particularly a new user on a netbook (where there is very little screen estate) might be mistaken in to thinking that the help buffer only displays the key bindings and not other useful things.