From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Subject: Re: confusing info in C-u C-x =
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:55:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hd9gqvbm.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87u0divrk2.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:57:38 +0200")
BTW, there is an old bug related to read-only text in the *Help*
buffer produced by `describe-char'.
On any character type `C-u C-x = C-h C-h' and it signals an error
Text is read-only: "Attempt to change text outside editable field"
while it tries to display the help-for-help screen.
I recall there was a discussion about changing `erase-buffer'
to ignore read-only text. If it is not the time to change this now,
then I propose the following fix:
Index: lisp/help-macro.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/help-macro.el,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -c -r1.34 help-macro.el
*** lisp/help-macro.el 6 Aug 2005 22:13:43 -0000 1.34
--- lisp/help-macro.el 11 Dec 2005 00:54:56 -0000
***************
*** 139,146 ****
(setq new-frame (window-frame (selected-window))
config nil))
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
! (erase-buffer)
! (insert help-screen)
(help-mode)
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (or (memq char (append help-event-list
--- 139,147 ----
(setq new-frame (window-frame (selected-window))
config nil))
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
! (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
! (erase-buffer)
! (insert help-screen))
(help-mode)
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (or (memq char (append help-event-list
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-11 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-20 9:55 confusing info in C-u C-x = Werner LEMBERG
2005-11-20 15:16 ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-20 22:07 ` [SPAM?]: " Werner LEMBERG
2005-11-21 7:35 ` Juri Linkov
2005-12-08 1:49 ` Kenichi Handa
2005-12-09 9:57 ` Juri Linkov
2005-12-09 15:07 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-12-09 21:15 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-09 23:52 ` Juri Linkov
2005-12-10 16:18 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-11 0:46 ` Juri Linkov
2005-12-10 22:50 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-12-11 0:55 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2005-12-11 16:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-11-20 23:21 ` Richard M. Stallman
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2005-11-20 19:35 martin rudalics
2005-11-21 8:56 martin rudalics
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