bug#8707: 24.0.50; python-describe-symbol broken

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@online.de>]

emacs -Q

in python-mode on some python symbol: M-x python-describe-symbol

instead of output in *Help* I get

WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
-  (press RETURN)

;;;;;;

Also Return doesn't give results, buffer is dead.

Bug does not occur with

GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i586-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.1) of 2011-02-22

Thanks


Andreas

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In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.1)
  of 2011-04-27
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10903000
Important settings:
   value of $LC_ALL: nil
   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
   value of $LC_TIME: nil
   value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
   default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Python

Minor modes in effect:
   tooltip-mode: t
   mouse-wheel-mode: t
   tool-bar-mode: t
   menu-bar-mode: t
   file-name-shadow-mode: t
   global-font-lock-mode: t
   font-lock-mode: t
   blink-cursor-mode: t
   auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-encryption-mode: t
   auto-compression-mode: t
   line-number-mode: t
   transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-x C-f <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <M-backspace> C-_
C-_ C-_ <return> C-s . p y C-x d <M-backspace> l i
<tab> s <tab> p r o g <tab> <return> C-s p y <down>
C-s . p y <up> C-x d <M-backspace> <M-backspace> <return>
C-x <next> C-s . p y <left> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <return> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <return>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down>
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> C-c C-f <return>
M-x r e w <backspace> p o r t - e m a c s - b u <tab>
<return>

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