From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr>, 16816@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16816: 24.3.50; erroneous docstring in with-temp-buffer-window
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:58:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53106BF3.8020504@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAeL0SRvWigoi0e1nB50N7qNU4Xbi2zAkGeRV7sfQkXpZ2EFTw@mail.gmail.com>
>> This would restore what we had till now: BODY would get evaluated in the
>> help buffer and not in the original buffer. I doubt this could have any
>> serious consequences (Emacs 24.3 runs this already for quite some time)
>> but it's inherently disturbing.
>
> You're right, I suppose.
I reverted my previous change. It's too dangerous as the bug you
reported demonstrates.
> BTW, the docstring of with-help-window isn't exactly clear to me...
>
> Display buffer with name BUFFER-NAME in a help window evaluating BODY.
>
> Evaluating BODY in a help window? What does this mean?
I rewrote the doc-strings of `with-temp-buffer-window' and
`with-help-window'. Please have a look.
martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-28 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-19 21:29 bug#16816: 24.3.50; erroneous docstring in with-temp-buffer-window Nicolas Richard
2014-02-21 13:08 ` martin rudalics
2014-02-27 15:32 ` Juanma Barranquero
2014-02-27 18:44 ` martin rudalics
2014-02-27 18:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2014-02-27 20:00 ` martin rudalics
2014-02-27 21:04 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-28 10:58 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2014-03-16 10:00 ` martin rudalics
2014-03-22 5:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2014-02-28 10:59 ` martin rudalics
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