From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4979: 23.1.50; describe-text-properties produces *Help* buffer without back/forward buttons Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:48:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87k0lno3vf.fsf@gnus.org> References: <954F1651-3C33-46D4-88DF-485825734F30@Freenet.DE> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37646"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Stefan Monnier , 4979@debbugs.gnu.org To: Peter Dyballa Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 18 20:49:09 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m5Bqf-0009b2-Me for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:49:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58868 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m5Bqd-0006Gq-Po for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:49:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52010) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m5BqY-0006Gb-8m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m5BqY-0006Wh-0v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m5BqY-0005Oa-0t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:49:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 4979 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 4979-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B4979.162663409720666 (code B ref 4979); Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4979) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jul 2021 18:48:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57264 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m5Bpp-0005NG-0L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:36804) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m5Bpm-0005N0-KF for 4979@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:48:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=G7ojlZEizRwSk4aJdJsnU5yOw693jgG2Q4cuuA6AIRc=; b=OfOsSmXnkZRVWvctq8SY0JMpRq lqDKG5F4cMRnkfL+wARAl2BOppzLhVEHkWIsmi1lf5u34CvlNguXHnjl/LsasdvkZqL2YrLkx7DEa xX8Q/em4pvr0RcHSLZp7n5450qf4ueDUzpVI7UBlyzkYjwvS8kd96sEktmVIN8A7v/OQ=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m5Bpd-0003DA-En; Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:48:07 +0200 X-Now-Playing: David Bowie's _The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars_: "Soul Love" In-Reply-To: <954F1651-3C33-46D4-88DF-485825734F30@Freenet.DE> (Peter Dyballa's message of "Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:35:43 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:210201 Archived-At: Peter Dyballa writes: >>> Shouldn't all functions which overwrite the previous contents of >>> *Help* >>> buffer also insert that [back] button? >> >> Yes. I've installed a change which should fix it for >> describe-text-properties and describe-char. Please confirm that it >> solves your problems, > > Yes, I can confirm that describe-text-properties now works as > describe-function or describe-variable. > > But =E2=80=93 there seem to be other describe- functions which = do > not work like these. Some of these functions produce a [back] key only > when they are repeated (describe-character-set for example, > describe-categories, describe-face, describe-fontset) and not when > they overwrite the contents of the *Help* buffer. Some never seem to > create this navigation element: > > describe-bindings-internal > describe-buffer-case-table > describe-coding-system > describe-current-coding-system > describe-current-display-table > describe-font I tried the commands here in Emacs 28, and they all seemed to produce a [back] button for me, so I'm going to go ahead and guess that this has been fixed in the decade since it was reported, and I'm closing this bug report.=20=20 --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no