GNU bug report logs - #16038
24.3; latest change to with-help-window makes temp-buffer-browse useless

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 14:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Merged with 17109, 17966

Found in versions 24.3, 24.4.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 16038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16038: 24.3;
 latest change to with-help-window makes temp-buffer-browse useless
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:02:25 -0500

>>> Now that with-help-window is implemented on top of
>>> with-temp-buffer-window, it seems they are useless.
>> That could be.  But someone needs to look in detail at whether that's
>> the case or not.
> I have been using the trunk without those add-hooks and haven't seen any
> ill-effect for the past week.

Could you explain why it doesn't have any ill-effect?
Put it another way, could you try to characterize in which case it would
make a difference, and then try and figure out (or argue) that such
a situation never happens or at least is very unlikely.


        Stefan
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