* bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
@ 2021-06-20 15:49 philip-agee
2021-06-20 21:55 ` Stephen Berman
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From: philip-agee @ 2021-06-20 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 49139
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When I use "C-h f myfunc" I get the docstring in the *help* buffer. I can close the window
with "C-x 1".
But tring to close the *help* buffer does not work. I press on the "Red Cross" and the
*help* buffer remains present in the Buffers Menu Bar.
If I press the "Red Cross" on the *scratch* and *messages* buffers, the two buffers
get removed from the Buffers Menu Bar.
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* bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
2021-06-20 15:49 bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer philip-agee
@ 2021-06-20 21:55 ` Stephen Berman
2021-06-21 0:15 ` philip-agee
2021-06-21 13:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Berman @ 2021-06-20 21:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: philip-agee; +Cc: 49139
On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:49:57 +0200 (CEST) philip-agee@africamel.net wrote:
> When I use "C-h f myfunc" I get the docstring in the *help* buffer. I
> can close the window with "C-x 1".
>
> But tring to close the *help* buffer does not work. I press on the
> "Red Cross" and the *help* buffer remains present in the Buffers Menu
> Bar.
>
> If I press the "Red Cross" on the *scratch* and *messages* buffers,
> the two buffers get removed from the Buffers Menu Bar.
This is a change in behavior from Emacs 27 due to this change:
commit c85c8e7d42ae2a5fc95fa7b14257389d8383b34d
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
CommitDate: Sat Feb 20 06:43:03 2021 +0100
Add toolbar for help-mode
Prior to this change, clicking the X icon in the tool bar when *Help* is
the current buffer does kill the buffer, but since the change it just
buries the buffer. This change should be called out in NEWS.
Emacs does give indirect notification of this difference between
clicking the X icon when *Help* is the current buffer and when a buffer
such as *scratch* is current: if you hover the mouse pointer over the
icon when *scratch* is current, you get a tooltip saying "Discard (kill)
current buffer", while with *Help* current the tooltip says "Quit help
(q)". And if you type `C-h k' with *Help* current and then click the X
icon, the *Help* buffer now says "<tool-bar> <quit> runs the command
quit-window [...]" and further down explains how it is in fact possible
to kill the *Help* buffer from the tool bar: type a prefix argument
(C-u) and then click the icon.
Steve Berman
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* bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
2021-06-20 21:55 ` Stephen Berman
@ 2021-06-21 0:15 ` philip-agee
2021-06-21 13:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-21 13:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: philip-agee @ 2021-06-21 0:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Berman; +Cc: 49139
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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: philip-agee@africamel.net
Subject: Re: bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
Date: 20/06/2021 23:55:13 Europe/Paris
Cc: 49139@debbugs.gnu.org
On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:49:57 +0200 (CEST) philip-agee@africamel.net wrote:
> When I use "C-h f myfunc" I get the docstring in the *help* buffer. I
> can close the window with "C-x 1".
>
> But tring to close the *help* buffer does not work. I press on the
> "Red Cross" and the *help* buffer remains present in the Buffers Menu
> Bar.
>
> If I press the "Red Cross" on the *scratch* and *messages* buffers,
> the two buffers get removed from the Buffers Menu Bar.
This is a change in behavior from Emacs 27 due to this change:
commit c85c8e7d42ae2a5fc95fa7b14257389d8383b34d
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
CommitDate: Sat Feb 20 06:43:03 2021 +0100
Add toolbar for help-mode
Prior to this change, clicking the X icon in the tool bar when *Help* is
the current buffer does kill the buffer, but since the change it just
buries the buffer. This change should be called out in NEWS.
Emacs does give indirect notification of this difference between
clicking the X icon when *Help* is the current buffer and when a buffer
such as *scratch* is current: if you hover the mouse pointer over the
icon when *scratch* is current, you get a tooltip saying "Discard (kill)
current buffer",
* Correct, I get "Discard (kill) current buffer"
while with *Help* current the tooltip says "Quit help (q)".
* Also correct, I get "Quit help(q) "
And if you type `C-h k' with *Help* current and then click the X
icon, the *Help* buffer now says
"<tool-bar> <quit> runs the command quit-window [...]"
* yes, it does say tho above
and further down explains how it is in fact possible
to kill the *Help* buffer from the tool bar: type a prefix argument
(C-u) and then click the icon.
* It gets very cryptic now because it says
* "With prefix argument KILL non-nil, kill the buffer instead of
* burying it."
* After trying it, type a prefix argument (C-u) and then click the icon,
* one is indeed able to kill the buffer.
I use the help buffer to read documentation or to write some information
temporarily. Do we really need such complication (C-u) to kill the buffer
when just clicking the icon is a standard way to kill it ?.
Steve Berman
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* bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
2021-06-20 21:55 ` Stephen Berman
2021-06-21 0:15 ` philip-agee
@ 2021-06-21 13:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-06-21 13:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Berman; +Cc: philip-agee, 49139
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
> Prior to this change, clicking the X icon in the tool bar when *Help* is
> the current buffer does kill the buffer, but since the change it just
> buries the buffer. This change should be called out in NEWS.
Makes sense; now done.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
2021-06-21 0:15 ` philip-agee
@ 2021-06-21 13:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-21 14:04 ` philip-agee
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-06-21 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: philip-agee; +Cc: Stephen Berman, 49139
philip-agee@africamel.net writes:
> I use the help buffer to read documentation or to write some information
> temporarily. Do we really need such complication (C-u) to kill the buffer
> when just clicking the icon is a standard way to kill it ?.
The standard for these buffers in Emacs is to bury them, not killing
them. This has been somewhat inconsistently applied in the past and the
`q' (and related commands) have sometimes killed the buffers instead,
but we're moving more to burying.
Closing.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
2021-06-21 13:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-06-21 14:04 ` philip-agee
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: philip-agee @ 2021-06-21 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: Stephen Berman, 49139
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What are the buffers to be hidden ? Could emacs use a different icon than "Red Cross"
to show that it hides the buffer instead of killing it. Can you include information
on how to actually kill it in the icon tooltip "Preceed by C-u to kill buffer".
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: philip-agee@africamel.net
Subject: bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
Date: 21/06/2021 15:19:01 Europe/Paris
Cc: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>;
49139@debbugs.gnu.org
philip-agee@africamel.net writes:
> I use the help buffer to read documentation or to write some information
> temporarily. Do we really need such complication (C-u) to kill the buffer
> when just clicking the icon is a standard way to kill it ?.
The standard for these buffers in Emacs is to bury them, not killing
them. This has been somewhat inconsistently applied in the past and the
`q' (and related commands) have sometimes killed the buffers instead,
but we're moving more to burying.
Closing.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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