GNU bug report logs - #12174
24.1.50; C-h f and non-symbol remap targets

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>

Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1.50

Fixed in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12174: 24.1.50; C-h f and non-symbol remap targets
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:38:10 -0400

>> Here is a patch that abbreviates non-symbol remap targets with "??".
>> This is consistent with what describe-bindings displays.
> A sobering thought - ?? does not need to be quoted.

Actually, ?? is a bad choice, since it seems to imply that Emacs doesn't
even know what it's remapped to, whereas Emacs does know very well, it
just doesn't want to print it out in full because it would be ugly and
too verbose.
So I suggest we replace "??" with something like "an anonymous command".


        Stefan
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