GNU bug report logs - #16816
24.3.50; erroneous docstring in with-temp-buffer-window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:31:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 16882

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>, 16816 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16816: 24.3.50; erroneous docstring in with-temp-buffer-window
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:55:35 +0100

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:44 PM, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:

> Does the following patch fix it?

Yes.

> This would restore what we had till now: BODY would get evaluated in the
> help buffer and not in the original buffer.  I doubt this could have any
> serious consequences (Emacs 24.3 runs this already for quite some time)
> but it's inherently disturbing.

You're right, I suppose.

BTW, the docstring of with-help-window isn't exactly clear to me...

  Display buffer with name BUFFER-NAME in a help window evaluating BODY.

Evaluating BODY in a help window? What does this mean?

     J
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