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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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17371: closed (24.4.50; *Completions* buffer flickering)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:17:03 +0000

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.4.50; *Completions* buffer flickering
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:45:42 +0200

From "emacs -Q":
  C-x C-f C-q ?

A *Completions* buffers appears for a fraction of a second, and is then
killed quickly.  The buffer lasts much less than a second, but it
visible anyway, causing an annoying effect of flickering.

No buffer should be created in this case, since "?" is quoted.

In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-04-21 on LEG570
Repository revision: 117001 dancol <at> dancol.org-20140421012855-xu7gwqdl59pgkgur
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ESN
  locale-coding-system: cp1252

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 16617-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16617: 24.3.50;
 REGRESSION: `C-q ?' pops up annoying *Char Help* buffer
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:16:42 +0800

Fixed in 24.4.

On 2014-06-19 11:43 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Can I fix it in emacs-24 along these lines? Thanks.   - Leo
>
> Yes, please.

Done.

Leo
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