[Patch] lisp/help.el (where-is): Don't overwrite `standard-output'

[Michael Markert <markert.michael@googlemail.com>]

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Hi,

I tried to use `where-is' programmatically to avoid doing the parsing
myself but failed because `where-is' resets `standard-output' to `t'.

The appended patch keeps `standard-output' unless told otherwise and
thus enabled getting the output via `with-output-to-string' and the
like.

Michael

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diff -Naur a/help.el b/help.el
--- a/help.el	2011-09-12 23:04:47.336591539 +0200
+++ b/help.el	2011-09-12 23:05:51.748593189 +0200
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
   (unless definition (error "No command"))
   (let ((func (indirect-function definition))
         (defs nil)
-        (standard-output (if insert (current-buffer) t)))
+        (standard-output (if insert (current-buffer) standard-output)))
     ;; In DEFS, find all symbols that are aliases for DEFINITION.
     (mapatoms (lambda (symbol)
 		(and (fboundp symbol)

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