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

Previous Next

Full log

Message #48 received at 10945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 10945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10945: Can't search through help menu.
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:24:45 +0000

Hello, Juri.

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 22:56:30 +0200, Juri Linkov wrote:
> >> emacs -Q
> >> C-h ?       ; brings up the help menu

> >> I now want to search through this menu for "ChangeLog":

> >> C-x         ; intending C-x o

> >> The menu disappears.  This isn't friendly.

> > We can now search that window using `C-h ? C-s', and it switches to
> > the *Metahelp* window.  This functionality was added in this comit:

> > 956c39d11d 2018-04-02 Make help-for-help window searchable (Bug#19655)

> > `C-h C-x o' still doesn't work, though.

> > Is that good enough here?

> Maybe help-for-help should use the minibuffer for reading commands
> instead of using explicit read-key-sequence?  This would allow
> switching to the *Metahelp* window with 'C-x o'.

This sounds like an excellent idea.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.