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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?


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  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-07 15:16 UTC|newest]

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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