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: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#17371: closed (Re: bug#16617: 24.3.50; REGRESSION: `C-q ?'
 pops up annoying *Char Help* buffer)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:17:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#16617: 24.4.50; *Completions* buffer flickering

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 17371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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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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Dani Moncayo
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