From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Rudolf Adamkovič" <salutis@me.com>
Cc: 54285@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54285: 29.0.50; Scrolling the calc help buffer
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:16:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ilspbxn9.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m27d96fckp.fsf@me.com> ("Rudolf Adamkovič"'s message of "Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:26:14 +0100")
Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis@me.com> writes:
> The user starts reading help and as they reach the end of the visible
> part of the buffer, they scroll the window *with the scroll bar*.
>
> Expected: the window scrolls, the user continues reading
> Actual: Emacs beeps, closes the window, and tells the user:
>
> "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"
calc-dispatch-help is basically just looping over `read-event' and
responding only to the keyboard scroll keys. Perhaps a better way to
implement this would be to use the normal help functions (which are less
modal) so that these things work better?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-07 7:26 bug#54285: 29.0.50; Scrolling the calc help buffer Rudolf Adamkovič via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-03-07 15:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-03-07 22:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-08 1:17 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-08 15:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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