* bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string'
@ 2011-07-09 2:39 PJ Weisberg
2011-07-12 22:33 ` Glenn Morris
2011-09-13 7:18 ` Glenn Morris
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: PJ Weisberg @ 2011-07-09 2:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9030
This expression:
(with-output-to-string
(where-is 'yank))
returns nil, and prints a message in the echo area. This one-line
change fixes it:
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index e6496f6..53e99e7 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ If INSERT (the prefix arg) is non-nil, insert the
message in the buffer."
(unless definition (error "No command"))
(let ((func (indirect-function definition))
(defs nil)
- (standard-output (if insert (current-buffer) t)))
+ (standard-output (if insert (current-buffer) standard-output)))
;; In DEFS, find all symbols that are aliases for DEFINITION.
(mapatoms (lambda (symbol)
(and (fboundp symbol)
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2011-07-09 2:39 bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string' PJ Weisberg
@ 2011-07-12 22:33 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-13 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-13 7:18 ` Glenn Morris
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2011-07-12 22:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: PJ Weisberg; +Cc: 9030
PJ Weisberg wrote:
> (with-output-to-string
> (where-is 'yank))
>
> returns nil, and prints a message in the echo area. This one-line
> change fixes it:
[...]
> --- a/lisp/help.el
> +++ b/lisp/help.el
> @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ If INSERT (the prefix arg) is non-nil, insert the
> message in the buffer."
> (unless definition (error "No command"))
> (let ((func (indirect-function definition))
> (defs nil)
> - (standard-output (if insert (current-buffer) t)))
> + (standard-output (if insert (current-buffer) standard-output)))
> ;; In DEFS, find all symbols that are aliases for DEFINITION.
> (mapatoms (lambda (symbol)
> (and (fboundp symbol)
Tangentially, I wonder why where-is needs an optional INSERT argument
that means "don't print the result, instead insert it (oh, and use a
slightly different format)".
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* bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string'
2011-07-12 22:33 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2011-07-13 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-13 4:44 ` PJ Weisberg
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2011-07-13 3:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 9030, PJ Weisberg
> Tangentially, I wonder why where-is needs an optional INSERT argument
> that means "don't print the result, instead insert it (oh, and use a
> slightly different format)".
It's clearly meant for interactive use. I'm not sure if it answers your
question, tho.
Stefan
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2011-07-13 3:54 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2011-07-13 4:44 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-08-07 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: PJ Weisberg @ 2011-07-13 4:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: 9030@debbugs.gnu.org, PJ Weisberg
On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Tangentially, I wonder why where-is needs an optional INSERT argument
>> that means "don't print the result, instead insert it (oh, and use a
>> slightly different format)".
>
> It's clearly meant for interactive use. I'm not sure if it answers your
> question, tho.
For what it's worth, the code that gives what I was actually trting to
get from `what-is' is `(mapcar 'key-description (where-is-internal
foo))'. I don't know if there's a way to get that without using a
function with "internal" in the name.
--
-PJ
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* bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string'
2011-07-13 4:44 ` PJ Weisberg
@ 2011-08-07 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2011-08-07 17:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: PJ Weisberg; +Cc: 9030@debbugs.gnu.org
>>> Tangentially, I wonder why where-is needs an optional INSERT argument
>>> that means "don't print the result, instead insert it (oh, and use a
>>> slightly different format)".
>> It's clearly meant for interactive use. I'm not sure if it answers your
>> question, tho.
> For what it's worth, the code that gives what I was actually trting to
> get from `what-is' is `(mapcar 'key-description (where-is-internal
> foo))'. I don't know if there's a way to get that without using a
> function with "internal" in the name.
Yes, this is not quite right: where-is-internal is not nearly as
internal as the name implies. It's just the natural function to use,
whereas where-is is the corresponding command.
Maybe we should fix the names to make where-is-internal less scary.
Stefan
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* bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string'
2011-07-09 2:39 bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string' PJ Weisberg
2011-07-12 22:33 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2011-09-13 7:18 ` Glenn Morris
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2011-09-13 7:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9030-done
Version: 24.1
Thanks; applied.
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