From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dmitry Gutov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12943: 24.2.50; switch to help buffer with > 3-window-split Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:52:41 +0400 Message-ID: <87ehjouhd2.fsf@yandex.ru> References: <87obisa1ja.fsf@gmail.com> <50AB918C.6060109@gmx.at> <877gpg1gsy.fsf@gmail.com> <50ABB91D.8050005@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353444774 11453 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2012 20:52:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:52:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12943@debbugs.gnu.org, Vitalie Spinu To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 20 21:53:05 2012 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 1Tauob-0006Q4-4t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:52:40 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from SOL ([178.252.98.87]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q2sm5361284lbd.14.2012.11.20.12.52.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:52:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50ABB91D.8050005@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:08:45 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (windows-nt) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.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:67251 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: >> Hm, the default 'other of help-window-select is inconsistent and aims a >> very specific user pattern. > > The idea behind the default is: > > (1) If the help window is the only other window on the frame, you can > type C-x o q to restore the state before invoking help. > > (2) If the help buffer is shown in a third or fourth window, there's no > obvious key sequence to do that. If, however, the help window gets > selected, typing "q" will do. FWIW, I strongly prefer the behavior of help-window-select set to t, and I agree with Vitaly (and Chong, apparently) that the default behavior of 'other seems the least natural.