From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: No Help Window from *Packages* - No Package Specified Error Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:40:45 -0900 Message-ID: References: <283ec781-943d-97d2-e019-a4cb17c7d629@akwebsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="60331"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 18 23:41:55 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1j4BYx-000Fb4-AF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:41:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42832 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j4BYw-0007v9-Bk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:41:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58133) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j4BY2-0007ur-UQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:41:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j4BY0-0002Ba-Qw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:40:58 -0500 Original-Received: from gateway22.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.47.100]:24966) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j4BXz-00025P-6b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:40:56 -0500 Original-Received: from cm12.websitewelcome.com (cm12.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.8]) by gateway22.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15B263B69 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:40:47 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from host2075.hostmonster.com ([67.20.113.97]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id 4BXqjHgarvBMd4BXqjF5yT; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:40:47 -0600 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tj49.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version :Date:Message-ID:From:References:To:Subject:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=m3IsDtpDXLBTr99qDsLysWU3pC4GVju2LPJZ+2IVaus=; b=Bflppoc9Z+cESlBX2mdY8CQ69q DN474FL5R6GlOvV3qWbzrwWz7x4OpxSURNyfxU0fJRXnGVw8es8+jft8A6Kqnr1bAO/M/zHm1kkpH Q4yQNqeTVfNiYBcI2Ebdyuw7f; Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:35074 helo=[192.168.1.6]) by host2075.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1j4BXq-001IqY-Fw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:40:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: <283ec781-943d-97d2-e019-a4cb17c7d629@akwebsoft.com> Content-Language: en-US X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host2075.hostmonster.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - akwebsoft.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 64.4.232.191 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1j4BXq-001IqY-Fw X-Source-Sender: tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([192.168.1.6]) [64.4.232.191]:35074 X-Source-Auth: tim@tj49.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: bW9sZG92YXM7bW9sZG92YXM7aG9zdDIwNzUuaG9zdG1vbnN0ZXIuY29t X-Local-Domain: yes X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. 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X-Received-From: 192.185.47.100 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:122425 Archived-At: On 2/18/20 11:40 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: > > On 2/18/20 10:36 AM, Drew Adams wrote: >>>> When I run emacs with init.el and then invoke list-packages, the help >>>> window does not show for a package, regardless of mouse click or using >>>> keystroke "?" >> Did you mean only that a particular package is not listed? >> >> Or did you mean that if you use a particular package the help window >> (buffer `*Packages*') is not shown? >> >>>> This is not a problem when I start emacs with -q. >>>> I'm loading a lot of stuff in init.el, so I would welcome any ideas as >>>> to what I have 'require'd or configured. >>> After much tinkering, I have found that the following code in init.el >>> (require 'dired+) >>> Disables the information component of list-pack >> Again, same question as above. >> >> If you mean only that Dired+ is not listed, then >> I understand: It's not available in an ELPA repo; >> it's available from Emacs Wiki. >> >> But if you mean that requiring Dired+ prevents >> `list-packages' from displaying, then I don't >> see that. I use Dired+, and `list-packages' >> works for me. >> >> Or maybe there's more to the problem than just >> that `list-packages' doesn't display `*Packages*'? >> >> A priori, I don't think dired+.el should have >> any effect on `list-packages'. > > By loading emacs as emacs -q ;; no init file > > Adding the path to dired+ to the load-list via *Scratch* > > Then loading dired+ with > > (require 'dired+) ;; in *Scratch* > > The *Help* window for any package is displayed as it should. > > This suggest to me that some other configuration in init.el has a side > effect that is not apparent 'til dired+ is loaded. I.E. dired+ doesn't > trigger that problem so much as it is interacting with something else. > > This is going to take me some time to track down, with my limited > skill set, I'll just have to play around with disabling certain > features with dired+ loaded and see what happens. It appears to me that the following two packages: (require 'package) (require 'el-get) are causing the problem. So, with dired+ loaded and the two packages above loaded, I do not get a *Help* window when I click on a link to a package in the *Packages* window, which is invoked from Alt-x list-packages. With (require 'dired+) commented out, I will get the *Help* window. With dired+ loaded; package el-get disabled I will get the *Help* window. So, I guess I will go with dired+ enabled, 'packages and 'el-get disabled and the issue appears to be solved. -- Tim tj49.com