From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49784: 27.2; mouse-2 error with "No cross-reference here" Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:06:00 +0300 Message-ID: <8335rvr59j.fsf@gnu.org> References: <2a2a2213-d57e-eb5b-1c7d-5912cdee4887@flux.utah.edu> <83bl6jr7ao.fsf@gnu.org> <87o8ajk4z3.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6447"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 49784@debbugs.gnu.org, morelli@flux.utah.edu To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 30 21:07:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m9Xqi-0001TH-0A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:07:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43340 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9Xqg-0005qT-G5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37842) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9XqY-0005qK-Mp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49408) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9XqY-0002pT-FV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m9XqY-0006kH-Bb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:07:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:07:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49784 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 49784-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49784.162767198625868 (code B ref 49784); Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49784) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Jul 2021 19:06:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60954 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m9Xpx-0006jA-LH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:06:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40008) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m9Xpw-0006iv-54 for 49784@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:06:24 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52250) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9Xpq-0002N9-3T; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:06:18 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:3293 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m9Xpp-0007C6-Jr; Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:06:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87o8ajk4z3.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:54:08 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:210938 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: Robert Morelli , 49784@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:54:08 +0200 > > Especially with this not very helpful command: > > ;; The doc string is meant to explain what buttons do. > (defun help-follow-mouse () > "Follow the cross-reference that you click on." > (interactive) > (error "No cross-reference here")) > > I guess the point is to... not say > > Buffer is read-only: # > > to be helpful? It might just confuse more than it helps. Perhaps the comment before the function hints on why this was done that way. IOW, if this binding didn't exist, what would C-h show for mouse-2, and how?