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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>
Cc: 9030@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string'
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:33:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e2sjqb3z95.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJsNXT=2Cf=FFBoL8D3EkgCYGLKKODmMj_F0sehdDQHzbcWRqA@mail.gmail.com> (PJ Weisberg's message of "Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:39:24 -0700")

PJ Weisberg wrote:

> (with-output-to-string
>   (where-is 'yank))
>
> returns nil, and prints a message in the echo area.  This one-line
> change fixes it:
[...]
> --- a/lisp/help.el
> +++ b/lisp/help.el
> @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ If INSERT (the prefix arg) is non-nil, insert the
> message in the buffer."
>    (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)


Tangentially, I wonder why where-is needs an optional INSERT argument
that means "don't print the result, instead insert it (oh, and use a
slightly different format)".





  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-12 22:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-09  2:39 bug#9030: `where-is' doesn't play well `with with-output-to-string' PJ Weisberg
2011-07-12 22:33 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2011-07-13  3:54   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-13  4:44     ` PJ Weisberg
2011-08-07 17:21       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-13  7:18 ` Glenn Morris

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