GNU bug report logs - #16617
24.3.50; REGRESSION: `C-q ?' pops up annoying *Char Help* buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 19:17:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 17371

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4.50

Done: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 16617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: sdl.web <at> gmail.com, 16617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16617: 24.3.50; REGRESSION: `C-q ?' pops up annoying *Char
 Help* buffer
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:32:02 -0700

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Drew's right this time.

On 04/03/2014 12:24 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 11:38:15 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
>> Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 16617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> What problem did I report?  "`C-q ?' pops up an annoying
>> "*Char Help*" buffer."  What part of that is not clear?
> 
> It's clear, I just don't agree that it's a problem.  It is intended
> behavior shared by many other Emacs commands.
> 
>> Why should `C-q ?' show any "help"?
> 
> Because '?' is a help character.

We should make an exception for C-q. Its purpose is explicitly to
*override* normal Emacs convention. I'd be happy echoing a help message
as soon as C-q is entered, and maybe popping up help on F1, but we
should certainly treat "?" like any other character.


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