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24.3.50; erroneous docstring in with-temp-buffer-window

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
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: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:58:59 +0100

>> 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.

I reverted my previous change.  It's too dangerous as the bug you
reported demonstrates.

> 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?

I rewrote the doc-strings of `with-temp-buffer-window' and
`with-help-window'.  Please have a look.

martin

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