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From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: No Help Window from *Packages* - No Package Specified Error
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:10:22 -0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ea440f1b-b3d2-fdc7-05e6-d42c28a40c49@akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c7a355d1-8efd-d92b-4b48-4f9a2af93459@akwebsoft.com>

On 2/17/20 2:26 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.30)
>
> 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 "?"
>
> 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

-- 
Tim
tj49.com




  reply	other threads:[~2020-02-18 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-17 23:26 No Help Window from *Packages* - No Package Specified Error Tim Johnson
2020-02-18 19:10 ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2020-02-18 19:36   ` Drew Adams
2020-02-18 20:40     ` Tim Johnson
2020-02-18 22:40       ` Tim Johnson
     [not found]         ` <f9dbc69d-8fc6-47ab-b738-a1ba8340dfcd@default>
2020-02-19  0:30           ` Tim Johnson
2020-02-19  1:05             ` Tim Johnson
2020-02-19  1:23               ` Drew Adams
2020-02-19 19:25                 ` Tim Johnson
2020-02-24 18:21 ` solved[]Re: " Tim Johnson

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