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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: Kelly Dean <kellydeanch@yahoo.com>
Cc: 13105-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13105: [PATCH] describe-variable shows name of the wrong buffer
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:39:38 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87obho9ipx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354820044.42281.YahooMailClassic@web141106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> (Kelly Dean's message of "Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:54:04 -0800 (PST)")

Kelly Dean <kellydeanch@yahoo.com> writes:

> On 24.2, describe-variable shows the name of the current buffer, even
> if passed a different buffer.
> Apply the attached descfunorvar.patch (see my post to emacs-devel,
> "Unify fn and var help to make learning elisp a little easier" for
> details) to 24.2. Then do emacs -Q, then
> C-SPC C-h o mark-active RET

I committed a slightly simpler fix.  Thanks.





      reply	other threads:[~2012-12-21  3:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-06 18:54 bug#13105: [PATCH] describe-variable shows name of the wrong buffer Kelly Dean
2012-12-21  3:39 ` Chong Yidong [this message]

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