From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christoph Scholtes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8707: 24.0.50; python-describe-symbol broken Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:30:58 -0600 Message-ID: <4DD6EBA2.8090702@gmail.com> References: <4DD6C503.1020205@online.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1305930731 30192 80.91.229.12 (20 May 2011 22:32:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 22:32:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8707@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 21 00:32:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QNYEp-00037t-Jd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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The *help* buffer pops up and states "no documentation found for 'my_symbol_name'". Invoking python-describe-symbol through C-c C-f also works. The error message looks like something might not be configured right on your system. Do you have other problems invoking shell commands? Can you try a `M-x shell-command' and see if that one works? Christoph On 5/20/2011 1:46 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote: > 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