From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 17146-done@debbugs.gnu.org, nbtrap@nbtrap.com
Subject: bug#17146: 24.4.50; File save with incapable coding system precluded by strange error message
Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 09:20:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838uqgzqyk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cc38b3c0-fde5-4c21-8f39-a3ef9d99984c@default>
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 19:01:34 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: nbtrap@nbtrap.com, 17146@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > > This change is backward-incompatible, but is not in NEWS for some
> > > > reason. Needless to say, the canonical way of fixing the fallout is
> > > > not described in NEWS. Are functions that need Help mode supposed to
> > > > let-bind these hooks? If so, the patch below should fix the problem.
> > > > In any case, please document the change and the way to adapt to it in
> > > > NEWS.
> > >
> > > Please see bug #17109. FWIW, this regression really bothers me.
> >
> > I read the mailing list, so I'm perfectly aware of that bug and the
> > related discussions. Please don't hijack this bug to hold it hostage
> > to that one. This bug is about a related issue, but one thing it is
> > _not_ about is reverting the change in question. So talking here
> > instead of on #17109 is not useful.
>
> It is now two months later, the 24.4 pretest is out, and there still
> has been no follow-up for this "related-issue" bug - or for #17109,
> for that matter. I was hoping to get some guidance from the fix for
> #17146, at least.
#17146 (this bug) is no longer present in the current pretest. So I'm
going to mark this bug "done".
> I am still left wondering (a) whether there is an intention
> to fix what has been broken for Emacs 24.4, and (b) if not, how
> I will need to go about fixing the damage myself locally.
>
> See also bug #17397, which I filed recently. Help commands
> (seemingly because they now use only `with-help-window') no longer
> invoke `temp-buffer-show-hook', and this breaks quite a bit for me
> (whether I use one of my own help commands or a vanilla one).
>
> The Lisp manual has still not been updated to reflect all of the
> changes, AFAICT. It still says clearly, for instance, that
> `with-output-to-temp-buffer' switches to Help mode, which it
> does *not* (bug #17109):
>
> "Unlike `with-output-to-temp-buffer', however, it
> [`with-temp-buffer-window'] does not automatically switch
> that buffer to Help mode."
>
> And this text was updated for release 24.4 to add the word
> "automatically", so presumably someone also paid some attention
> to its continued claim regarding `with-output-to-temp-buffer'.
This part of the discussion should probably be elsewhere, maybe in
#17109, maybe in a separate bug report (with new details about the
signs of damage you see in your code).
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2014-05-05 2:01 ` bug#17146: 24.4.50; File save with incapable coding system precluded by strange error message Drew Adams
2014-05-05 6:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-03-31 1:52 Nathan Trapuzzano
2014-03-31 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-03-31 15:30 ` Drew Adams
2014-03-31 15:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
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