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24.3.50; help mode [back] link to a C-h b keybind listing fails with message "Current buffer is not in Help mode"

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Ian Kelling <ian <at> iankelling.org>, 17210 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Subject: bug#17210: 24.3.50; help mode [back] link to a C-h b keybind listing fails with message "Current buffer is not in Help mode"
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:48:43 +0200

> Repro steps:
> emacs -Q
> C-h b
> click function name link
> click back
>
> expected:
> go back to the C-h b keymap listing
>
> acutal
> in echo area: "Current buffer is not in Help mode"
> the help buffer does no change.
>
>
> The problem does not always happen, but it seems consistent on the first try in a
> fresh emacs. Toggling debug on error, gives this trace:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Current buffer is not in Help mode")
>    signal(error ("Current buffer is not in Help mode"))
>    error("Current buffer is not in Help mode")
>    help-buffer()
>    describe-bindings-internal(nil nil)
>    describe-bindings(nil #<buffer *scratch*>)
>    apply(describe-bindings (nil #<buffer *scratch*>))
>    help-xref-go-back(#<buffer *Help*>)
>    apply(help-xref-go-back #<buffer *Help*>)
>    help-do-xref(63 help-xref-go-back (#<buffer *Help*>))
>    help-button-action(#<marker (moves after insertion) at 66 in *Help*>)
>    button-activate(#<marker (moves after insertion) at 66 in *Help*> nil)
>    push-button(66)
>    push-button((mouse-2 (#<window 6 on *Help*> 66 (34 . 106) 107906261 nil 66 (3 .
> 5) nil (7 . 11) (9 . 19))))
>    call-interactively(push-button nil nil)
>    command-execute(push-button)

Confirmed.  Thanks for caring to provide a simple scenario.

I could fix this by restoring the code of `describe-bindings-internal'
from Emacs 24.3.  But the behavior of `help-xref-go-back' here is
erratic per se: It does not restore the earlier contents of the bindings
from the *scratch* buffer but IIUC those of the *Help* buffer and I'm
not sure whether that's what we want (I think we don't).

Juri, any opinions?

martin

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