From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8147: 24.0.50; Inserting *Help* buffer can lead to data loss Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:28:43 -0500 Message-ID: <87k4gct2mc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <8762s2akxq.fsf@escher.fritz.box> <87oc5pff43.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878vwtt7t0.fsf@escher.fritz.box> <87k4gcxkyp.fsf@escher.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1299449750 18858 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2011 22:15:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 22:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8147@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 06 23:15:45 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwMED-0001Ns-9m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:15:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55639 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PwLTo-0003EJ-1T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:27:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41280 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PwLHU-0003zY-2E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:14:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PwKh9-0002ud-WA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:36:53 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50437) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PwKh9-0002uY-U8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:36:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwKZa-00032D-Jy; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:29:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8147 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8147-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8147.129944333911656 (code B ref 8147); Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8147) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2011 20:28:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwKZX-00031x-9g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:28:59 -0500 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-05.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.146]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PwKZU-00031l-VS for 8147@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:28:57 -0500 Original-Received: from furball ([64.134.240.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-05.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p26KSjcl028254 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 6 Mar 2011 15:28:50 -0500 Original-Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DC3A21604E8; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 15:28:43 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87k4gcxkyp.fsf@escher.fritz.box> (Stephen Berman's message of "Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:38:54 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.146 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:29:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:44713 Archived-At: Stephen Berman writes: >> I just tested this with the doc string of help-buffer in *Help*. There >> are two links in this doc string: clicking on `help-xref-following' >> shows the error message "Current buffer is not in Help mode", which is >> certainly better than overwriting the content of the buffer; but >> clicking on `help-mode.el' finds that file and puts point on the >> beginning of help-buffer's definition, i.e., still does what this kind >> of link has always done. It is confusing to have this divergence in >> behavior between the two kinds of links. Instead of signalling an >> error, couldn't the help-xref-following buttons just show the help in >> the *Help* buffer, as in the following patch? The buffer from you pasted the button might not be *Help*; it could be any other buffer in Help mode. So wouldn't it be inconsistent either way?