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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 50881@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Subject: bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:29:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1d7c01l.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y27fc31m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed,  29 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0300")

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

> I tried to reproduce this, then typed 'C-h C-h', and it highlights
> matching parens on the first line.  This not only makes no sense,
> but also distracting for users seeking help.
> 'show-paren-mode' should be disabled in all read-only buffers.

Yup.  Perhaps disable it in `special-mode'?

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-29  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-28 23:10 bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29  6:54 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29  7:29   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-09-29 10:45     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29 15:36       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 17:08     ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-29 11:51   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 16:58     ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29 17:53       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 17:57         ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-29 19:20         ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29 19:52           ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-30  7:03           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29  7:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 15:43   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 16:06     ` Stefan Kangas

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