From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 13841@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13841: 24.3.50; Regression - unreadable `C-h k' help
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:31:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sirr1l0d.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98E304F5436E487A91B33E89A04A5851@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:01:09 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> C-h k
>
> Then choose menu item Options > Line Wrapping in This Buffer > Truncate
> Long Lines.
>
> You see binary output instead of useful help:
>
> <menu-bar> <options> <line-wrapping> <truncate> runs the command #[nil
> "ILLEGIBLE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE BINARY INCANTATIONS" [visual-line-mode
> word-wrap 0 nil toggle-truncate-lines 1] 2 nil nil], which is an
> interactive compiled Lisp function.
>
> It is bound to <menu-bar> <options> <line-wrapping> <truncate>.
>
> (anonymous)
>
> Not documented.
>
> For reference wrt this regression, this is what Emacs 23.4 shows
> instead - much more readable and helpful:
>
> <menu-bar> <options> <line-wrapping> <truncate> runs the command
> (lambda nil (interactive) (if visual-line-mode (visual-line-mode 0))
> (setq word-wrap nil) (toggle-truncate-lines 1)), which is an
> interactive Lisp function.
>
> It is bound to <menu-bar> <options> <line-wrapping> <truncate>.
Perhaps that's just because it didn't byte-compile the function? So
we're making progress.
Anyway, if we put lambdas into menus, `C-h k' isn't very helpful:
(bindings--define-key menu [truncate]
`(menu-item "Truncate Long Lines"
,(lambda ()
(interactive)
(if visual-line-mode (visual-line-mode 0))
(setq word-wrap nil)
(toggle-truncate-lines 1))
:help "Truncate long lines at window edge"
:button (:radio . (or truncate-lines
(truncated-partial-width-window-p)))
:visible (menu-bar-menu-frame-live-and-visible-p)
:enable (not (truncated-partial-width-window-p))))
I think the right solution here would be for `C-h k' just to say that
it's an anonymous function and leave it at that.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-28 17:01 bug#13841: 24.3.50; Regression - unreadable `C-h k' help Drew Adams
2014-02-10 7:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-04-28 22:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-29 16:22 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 11:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-04-30 15:37 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-05-01 13:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-05-01 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-05-01 15:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-05-01 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-09 3:28 ` bug#20157: " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-09 10:57 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-10-09 18:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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[not found] ` <<83wpnfnlf1.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-04-30 17:20 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 17:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<<87inyze2tq.fsf@web.de>
[not found] ` <<<4e02c2a0-6e68-4091-a64d-131bcfc2fc49@default>
[not found] ` <<<83wpnfnlf1.fsf@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<f6490f90-dac1-4e7f-bb98-34877820dcb6@default>
[not found] ` <<83inyzngx7.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-04-30 18:14 ` Drew Adams
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