* bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working
@ 2013-11-10 8:26 Jambunathan K
2013-11-12 0:58 ` Glenn Morris
2013-11-15 5:16 ` Jambunathan K
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jambunathan K @ 2013-11-10 8:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 15851
24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working
1. C-x C-f somefile.pl
2. M-x cperl-mode
3. Put your cursor on some keyword - say `return'.
4. C-c C-h v
See the following in the echo area.
return(LIST)
5. Turn autohelp on. M-x cperl-toggle-autohelp
Wait. Wait. Keep waiting. Nothing happens.
----------------------------------------------------------------
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.4 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
of 2013-11-09 on debian-6.05
Bzr revision: 115051 jan.h.d@swipnet.se-20131109111953-cysfi19meuidy96q
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 (squeeze)
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* bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working
2013-11-10 8:26 bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working Jambunathan K
@ 2013-11-12 0:58 ` Glenn Morris
2013-11-12 4:53 ` Jambunathan K
2013-11-15 5:16 ` Jambunathan K
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-11-12 0:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 15851
Jambunathan K wrote:
> 5. Turn autohelp on. M-x cperl-toggle-autohelp
That turns it off, as indicated by the message "Perl help messages will
not be automatically shown now.".
> Wait. Wait. Keep waiting. Nothing happens.
I've never used cperl-mode, but:
C-h f cperl-toggle-autohelp
-> Delay of auto-help controlled by `cperl-lazy-help-time'.
C-h v cperl-lazy-help-time
-> Its value is nil.
*Not-nil (and non-null) means to show lazy help after given idle time.
Seems like a dumb default, but there you go. So
emacs -Q --eval '(setq cperl-lazy-help-time 1)'
seems to work fine.
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* bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working
2013-11-12 0:58 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2013-11-12 4:53 ` Jambunathan K
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jambunathan K @ 2013-11-12 4:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 15851
Glenn
I don't see any changes to cperl-mode.el (as of rev 115070). I cannot
quite agree how this can be "notabug". Dumb defaults are bugs in my
opinion. Either fix the bug or leave the bug open.
> C-h v cperl-lazy-help-time
>
> -> Its value is nil.
> *Not-nil (and non-null) means to show lazy help after given idle time.
>
> Seems like a dumb default
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* bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working
2013-11-10 8:26 bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working Jambunathan K
2013-11-12 0:58 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2013-11-15 5:16 ` Jambunathan K
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jambunathan K @ 2013-11-15 5:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 15851-done
OP here. Closed.
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