From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen'" <larsi@gnus.org>, <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: 8368@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8368: 24.0.50; "temp" means "help" - rename or at least document
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:24:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F3229B9321D2421D80F4E7BE525BA960@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3d3f69apr.fsf@stories.gnus.org>
> If `help-mode' is the correct mode for these buffers, then I think
> `with-output-to-temp-buffer' should be documented to put the buffer in
> help mode, and it should be done explicitly in the code --
> not by having help.el alter `temp-buffer-setup-hook' when help.el
> is loaded.
See the original bug report. There I stated that (a) it should at least be
documented, (b) the macros should preferably be renamed (using `-help-', not
`-temp'), and this (c):
"And after renaming functions/macros that way, I think it
would be good to have real temporary-buffer facilities - a real
`with-output-to-temp-buffer' (but we would need to pick a new
name, to avoid confusion), one that does not imply using
`help-mode' etc.
The point of the last part is that there is a need for creating and using
temporary buffers. That should never have been co-opted for help, but now that
it is we should fix it properly: (a) call a spade a spade and (b) create new
macros for really dealing with temporary buffers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-11 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-28 16:24 bug#8368: 24.0.50; "temp" means "help" - rename or at least document Drew Adams
2011-07-14 19:26 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 3:45 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 4:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-11 5:00 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2012-04-28 0:15 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-28 8:25 ` martin rudalics
2012-04-28 14:00 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-29 10:40 ` martin rudalics
2012-04-29 15:28 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-30 9:40 ` martin rudalics
2012-04-30 14:28 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-01 8:08 ` martin rudalics
2012-05-01 13:09 ` Drew Adams
2012-05-02 9:40 ` martin rudalics
2012-05-02 14:19 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-28 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-04-28 10:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-11 20:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 18:41 ` Richard Stallman
2011-09-11 18:48 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 19:24 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2011-09-12 2:46 ` Richard Stallman
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