From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10600: 24.0.92; `describe-char': text properties and [Show] Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:28:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <43455C94792A40C9BD76AAB657A8BCC1@us.oracle.com> <87ipjxd2jo.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327696233 31972 80.91.229.12 (27 Jan 2012 20:30:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10600@debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 27 21:30:28 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsRI-0008C2-FD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:30:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36749 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsRH-0006nv-HW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44934) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsRF-0006nq-8G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsRE-0000L6-2s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41675) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsRD-0000L1-Uq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsRq-0003qa-Md for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:31:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juanma Barranquero Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10600 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10600-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10600.132769621714733 (code B ref 10600); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10600) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jan 2012 20:30:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47062 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsR6-0003pa-Ie for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f44.google.com ([209.85.210.44]:57805) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RqsR3-0003pL-Qp for 10600@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:15 -0500 Original-Received: by dado14 with SMTP id o14so1641702dad.3 for <10600@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:29:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gg4g43PCFV61D0NYRdI+nYwLj2BRF+zQoL7Ngk6Hzlo=; b=acJP5CpO3pmKhRZ8stBMYA+gWF2yOXvt9cFX9bvFzw/F3FUUkv8mTQ3oUlnF8gqEGW WUzInmC61H1/uJJaK+gLSIGt54axc32QGCNsUClGoiOaoOHh1VSzziJzP1atopDmrLDS G/FK4nF4bV2ByCaAXKCNbOBYMAID+Fsr+Hf8M= Original-Received: by 10.68.224.6 with SMTP id qy6mr16895038pbc.60.1327696168168; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:29:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.143.37.9 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:28:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:56092 Archived-At: On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 17:15, Drew Adams wrote: > The current window for that calculation does not correspond to *Help* at = all. > It is wrong to assume that *Help* will be displayed in a window having th= e same > width as the window where the help command is invoked. Yes. > It's simply misguided to base the assumed *Help* window width on the widt= h of > any existing window. I disagree. I think it makes sense to base it on the width of the window used to display it. In cases like this one, it should be possible to display the (empty) buffer, then generate its output. > We already go to the trouble of > wrapping help text at such a limit. By hand, you mean? Because if you define a function with a docstring 100 chars long, and do M-x describe-function my-test-func , there's no wrap at all. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Juanma