From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17210: 24.3.50; help mode [back] link to a C-h b keybind listing fails with message "Current buffer is not in Help mode" Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:32:27 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87d2gskyp2.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <5341E798.4060004@iankelling.org> <5342585B.9070603@gmx.at> <83ob0d6sow.fsf@gnu.org> <5343A1BC.6030307@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396946247 12286 80.91.229.3 (8 Apr 2014 08:37:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 08:37:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ian@iankelling.org, 17210@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 08 10:37:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRWx-00019E-Qn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:37:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38782 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRWx-0008FW-9f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:37:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36929) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRWo-0008FN-0g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:37:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRWh-0001jC-PA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:37:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39084) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRWh-0001iX-Kz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRWg-0007Uf-Kg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17210 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17210-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17210.139694618528732 (code B ref 17210); Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17210) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Apr 2014 08:36:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40266 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRW4-0007TJ-Nh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:36:25 -0400 Original-Received: from homie-vserver77.dreamhost.com ([69.163.149.154]:48284 helo=ps18281.dreamhostps.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WXRW0-0007T8-Ab for 17210@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:36:21 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.jurta.org (ps18281.dreamhostps.com [69.163.184.122]) by ps18281.dreamhostps.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D7834CB016BC; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 01:36:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5343A1BC.6030307@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:14:04 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:87867 Archived-At: > It fixes the OP's problem so please check it in. But when hitting the > back button you don't get the previous contents. I suppose we have to > add the original buffer to the `help-args' of that button, but I leave > that to Juri. In the recent discussion at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/168353 the idea was to store the previous content in hidden Help buffers (buffer names starting with a space). > In any case, the behavior is broken since Emacs 24.3 at least > (but I suppose it's broken ever since). For `C-h b' it was broken by design because after killing the initial buffer: 1. C-h b 2. click function name link 3. kill *scratch* 4. click back clicking on [back] fails with the error "Selecting deleted buffer".