GNU bug report logs - #15851
24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:27:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 15851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15851: 24.3.50; cperl-mode: autohelp not working
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:58:22 -0500

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.
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