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#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:51:56 +0300 Message-ID: <83pmsriopv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y27fc31m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="840"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50881@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 29 13:52:28 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 1mVY8O-000AXJ-Cw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:52:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51610 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY8N-0006fX-Eh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:52:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48422) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY84-0006ec-Eb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36408) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY82-0002f2-8I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:52:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY82-0003oL-7V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:52:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50881 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50881-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50881.163291632114636 (code B ref 50881); Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50881) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Sep 2021 11:52:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47953 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY80-0003nx-T9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:52:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43262) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY7z-0003nb-3Y for 50881@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:51:59 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52920) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVY7q-0002Wk-Bi; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:51:51 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:4628 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 1mVY7p-00037K-V4; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:51:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87y27fc31m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0300) 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:215839 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > 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.