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* 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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