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#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:09:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87y27fc0yn.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="460"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 50881@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 29 09:11:34 2021 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 1mVTkc-000AVG-7w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:11:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57952 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTkb-0006qT-7O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:11:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43396) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTj9-0005e5-4Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36094) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTj8-0006U0-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTj8-0006s8-5I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50881 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50881-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50881.163289937326374 (code B ref 50881); Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50881) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Sep 2021 07:09:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47640 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTif-0006rK-H1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:53188) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTid-0006r6-JG for 50881@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:09:32 -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=ekV/yEor/VZTGOnkkelS/ZMY87x6qokROBWp6F2bPgA=; b=gIovDkFQMRG3YOdKEcrKLUM9V4 gJ0O/pwSMG7Mr60ioozu1XQ0BNHiDSzx+9N4mDBMrRBCH7bUiJEyXCkWRP+65h/VIb5es00R7mJKY 0kfxdn/7TDuBscIN/QCWo0Ov6tp3uOalFv5mmChHj0DYkoRe7uRTEnYsqKiZ+GZUkNes=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTiV-0005kM-8g; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:09:25 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Laurie Freelove's _Smells Like Truth_: "Arms of a Dream" In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:10:43 -0700") 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:215817 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > Severity: minor > > Steps to reproduce: > 0. emacs -Q > 1. C-h C-s f RET > > You are now looking at an empty " *Metahelp*" buffer. > > My expectation is that the help screen gets displayed before the search > starts. Yup. And the doc string isn't very helpful: Search forward "help window". Which sounds like it's talking about the *Help* window, not the `C-h C-h' help-for-help window. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no