From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <87y27fc31m.fsf@mail.linkov.net> 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="29966"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 09:24:42 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 1mVTxI-0007aV-V6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:24:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48842 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTxH-0003RY-Uv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:24:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45358) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTtt-0007MH-UU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTtm-0007Jq-Jc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:21:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTtm-0000tD-GR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:21:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:21:02 +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=B50881.16329000243316 (code B ref 50881); Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:21:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50881) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Sep 2021 07:20:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47661 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTtA-0000rQ-Et for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:20:24 -0400 Original-Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:43429) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mVTt8-0000rA-R9 for 50881@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:20:23 -0400 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9C37F4000B; Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:20:15 +0000 (UTC) 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:215819 Archived-At: > 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. 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.