GNU bug report logs - #10945
Can't search through help menu.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:10:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 21.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Bartosz Duszel <dptdescribe <at> gmail.com>, 10945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10945: Can't search through help menu.
Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 08:12:21 -0400

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

>> IMO any key that isn't bound should fallback to its standard binding,
>> and the keys should only apply when the focus is in the minibuffer, like
>> other prompts (e.g., find-file).
>> 
>> In terms of implementation, I think this would mean binding the map
>> only in the minibuffer instead of using read-key-sequence.
>
> I don't have time to check now, but I think that the minibuffer
> is not involved here at all.  Instead, an event is read directly.

Yes, I'm suggesting to change that.

> IOW, this is more akin to `y-or-n-p': there is a prompt, but is
> not for reading input from the minibuffer.

> And the keymap used is a local one created by
> `help-for-help-internal', which is a function defined
> using `make-help-screen'.
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