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#41836: 26.3; Could we stop `help-buffer' from ever signalling errors? Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:12:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87pmjlubi0.fsf@gnus.org> References: <871rmj9js2.fsf@orcon.net.nz> <87im7q8ee2.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24251"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 41836@debbugs.gnu.org To: Phil Sainty Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 06 16:13:22 2022 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 1nyDTt-00067I-VU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:13:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49704 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDTt-0005Or-14 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:13:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44768) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDTa-0005Cg-Ui for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42490) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDTa-00046T-KR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDTa-0003OT-Dj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41836 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 41836-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41836.165452475812978 (code B ref 41836); Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41836) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jun 2022 14:12:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36379 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDTB-0003NF-VQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:12:38 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:40556) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDT6-0003Md-U7 for 41836@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:12:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: 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=qf1Vs3wXevPgL1izYGB37MaiTo9kGFAuStWEruVebkc=; b=Inzw6tYFJY8Ca9R11JRJdQ7ukM dGM2jPIraLqc+CglrlI7K9pk/hQGOtVL7IoGkAzPsIs6ShhIzQJPYJ91tPn4qcVqrq0MiFVuRHQS9 pkGC+sREvdxJW2Jvd5YNzhvQ+dtpAKJWjnJ1z24oxHhOT48Fj+FJZoAG4dgd5VcqR1PE=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nyDSx-0003kn-TI; Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:12:26 +0200 X-Now-Playing: !!-'s _Tuxedomooning: A Tribute_: "In The Name Of Terror (Iraqi Western 2)" In-Reply-To: <87im7q8ee2.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:04:53 +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:233787 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Looking at the code, my impression is that `help-make-xrefs' is meant to > be used in `help-mode' buffers only, and the `error' call is just a > sanity check for that, kinda? Lifting the restriction by removing that > `error' would allow other usages. I'm not sure whether they're > all taken into account, though. > > Anybody got an opinion here? The explanation for all this was in bug#8147, and Stephen Berman proposed an alternate fix (which Stefan agreed with). But it was never applied, so I did that in Emacs 29, which also solves this bug report, I think. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no