describe-key fails

describe-key fails

[Chris Moore]

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Typing "C-h k x" to try to find out what "x" is bound to fails:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp t)
  describe-function-1(self-insert-command)
  describe-key("x" 1 nil)
  call-interactively(describe-key)

The same happens whichever key sequence I try to describe.

I've tried a "make bootstrap" but the problem persists.

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Re: describe-key fails

[Chris Moore]

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> Typing "C-h k x" to try to find out what "x" is bound to fails:

I've tried "emacs -Q" and "DISPLAY= emacs -Q", but neither helps.

This is with the current CVS trunk, in GNU Emacs
23.0.50.31(i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
2.12.0)
 of 2007-12-02 on trpaslik
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10300000
configured using `configure  '--with-gtk' '--prefix' '/usr/local'
'--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-gif''

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Re: describe-key fails

[Chris Moore]

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I have the same problem with "C-h m" as well:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp t)
  describe-mode()
  call-interactively(describe-mode)

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Re: describe-key fails

[Richard Stallman]

    I have the same problem with "C-h m" as well:

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp t)
      describe-mode()
      call-interactively(describe-mode)

It does not fail for me.

Could you please post a *precise* test case for this bug?  The test
case should start with `emacs -q', so that your .emacs file does not
affect it, and it should show exactly what text to put in the buffer,
what commands to execute, and how and where to click.  Also please say
exactly what incorrect results you get.

Please read the Bugs section in the Emacs manual, which provides
guidelines on how to write a bug report to give us the
necessary information so we can fix the bug.

Re: describe-key fails

[Richard Stallman]

It does not fail for me.

Could you please post a *precise* test case for this bug?  The test
case should start with `emacs -q', so that your .emacs file does not
affect it, and it should show exactly what text to put in the buffer,
what commands to execute, and how and where to click.  Also please say
exactly what incorrect results you get.

What Emacs version are you using?
Please read the Bugs section in the Emacs manual, which provides
guidelines on how to write a bug report to give us the
necessary information so we can fix the bug.

Re: describe-key fails

[Chris Moore]

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I have been quite precise.  I run "emacs -Q" to start Emacs without
customisation, then type C-h k x and see the error I've indicated.

I am running the CVS trunk.

GNU Emacs 23.0.50.31 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-12-02
on trpaslik

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Re: describe-key fails

[Richard Stallman]

    I have been quite precise.  I run "emacs -Q" to start Emacs without
    customisation, then type C-h k x and see the error I've indicated.

    I am running the CVS trunk.

It doesn't fail for me.

I had one uninstalled change in help-fns.el.  I don't see why it would
affect this case, but perhaps it does.  I installed that change.  You
can see if it makes the bug go away.  But if it doesn't, all I can
suggest is to try debugging it (since you can see it fail).

Re: describe-key fails

[Chris Moore]

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On Dec 6, 2007 4:12 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

> I had one uninstalled change in help-fns.el.  I don't see why it would
> affect this case, but perhaps it does.  I installed that change.  You
> can see if it makes the bug go away.  But if it doesn't, all I can
> suggest is to try debugging it (since you can see it fail).
>

I don't know if that made the bug go away or not, but the bug has gone away
for some reason.

Chris.

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