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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 50881@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se
Subject: bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:51:56 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pmsriopv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y27fc31m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0300)

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0300
> Cc: 50881@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I tried to reproduce this, then typed 'C-h C-h', and it highlights
> matching parens on the first line.  This not only makes no sense,

Please elaborate why it makes no sense.

> but also distracting for users seeking help.
> 'show-paren-mode' should be disabled in all read-only buffers.

If the problem is with *Help* and other documentation buffers, why
turn it off in _all_ read-only buffers?  The latter is a much broader
category.  For example, debugging Lisp with Edebug makes the source
buffer read-only.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-09-29 11:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-28 23:10 bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29  6:54 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29  7:29   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 10:45     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29 15:36       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 17:08     ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-29 11:51   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-09-29 16:58     ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29 17:53       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 17:57         ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-29 19:20         ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29 19:52           ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-30  7:03           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29  7:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 15:43   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 16:06     ` Stefan Kangas

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