GNU bug report logs - #10723
24.0.93; bad pp formatting for `C-h v' with list value

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:41:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Merged with 9342

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.0.93

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 10723 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 10723 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10723: 24.0.93; bad pp formatting for `C-h v' with list value
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:16:46 -0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This is a REGRESSION which starts with Emacs 23 (no problem before 23).
>
> emacs -Q
>
> (setq foobar '(some-symbol ((some . cons) "some-string")))
>
> C-h v foobar
>
> Shows:
>
> foobar's value is (some-symbol
>  ((some . cons)
>   "some-string"))
>
> Please do not start the pretty-printed value on the same line as
> "foobar's value is" if the pretty-printed value EITHER:
>
> a. uses more than one line (i.e. contains newline chars)
>
> OR
>
> b. is longer than the standard *Help* output line length (`fill-column')
> MINUS the length of "foobar's value is " (where "foobar" is replaced by
> the variable's name)

I can confirm that this still exists in Emacs 24.3.

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