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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 54285@debbugs.gnu.org, "Rudolf Adamkovič" <salutis@me.com>
Subject: bug#54285: 29.0.50; Scrolling the calc help buffer
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:37:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y21ltmms.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ilspbxn9.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:16:58 +0100")

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> calc-dispatch-help is basically just looping over `read-event' and
> responding only to the keyboard scroll keys.  Perhaps a better way to
> implement this would be to use the normal help functions (which are less
> modal) so that these things work better?

From what I know: This particular help command is intended to be used
intermediately while reading a key binding: you are supposed to look up
the next key and hit it directly, without interruption.  It's using
`read-event' on purpose.

I also don't like that much, but there are other good help commands to
use instead.  I fear that if you try to change this it will make things
worse or less consistent, the Calc help system is complex, and you might
end up with a non-trivial redesign.  Dunno if the result would be much
of an improvement.

Maybe it's not that bad, dunno, but please be careful.

Michael.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-07 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-07  7:26 bug#54285: 29.0.50; Scrolling the calc help buffer Rudolf Adamkovič via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-03-07 15:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-03-07 22:37   ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2022-03-08  1:17     ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-03-08 15:53       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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