From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:58:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <874n7kpsrm.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384217946 2474 80.91.229.3 (12 Nov 2013 00:59:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:59:06 +0000 (UTC) To: 15851@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 12 01:59:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2Jy-0005lG-8Q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:59:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40284 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2Jx-0007kh-Vm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:59:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46777) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2Js-0007kR-H2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:59:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2Jr-00014j-0Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33606) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2Jq-00014f-SS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2Jq-0007mv-AU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:59:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15851 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15851-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15851.138421790629851 (code B ref 15851); Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15851) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Nov 2013 00:58:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47624 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2JF-0007lO-Ra for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:58:26 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:49245 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2JD-0007lE-Hi for 15851@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:58:23 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vg2JC-0006RS-Tz; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:58:22 -0500 X-Spook: MD4 passwd SCUD missile Albright plutonium pipeline X-Ran: p|87y/8Ae4ag5tVCr_U8c+vwsR572\I/@GdF'F{[JGH)iBeO@|UNt[3bE=gH,e;x,_;>$# X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <874n7kpsrm.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:56:05 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:80293 Archived-At: Jambunathan K wrote: > 5. Turn autohelp on. M-x cperl-toggle-autohelp That turns it off, as indicated by the message "Perl help messages will not be automatically shown now.". > Wait. Wait. Keep waiting. Nothing happens. I've never used cperl-mode, but: C-h f cperl-toggle-autohelp -> Delay of auto-help controlled by `cperl-lazy-help-time'. C-h v cperl-lazy-help-time -> Its value is nil. *Not-nil (and non-null) means to show lazy help after given idle time. Seems like a dumb default, but there you go. So emacs -Q --eval '(setq cperl-lazy-help-time 1)' seems to work fine.