GNU bug report logs - #17214
24.3.50; C-q F1 does not display help, inserts null

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 02:48:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in versions 24.3.50, 25.1

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 17214 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17214: 24.3.50; C-q F1 does not display help, inserts null
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 08:26:11 -0400

found 17214 25.1
tags 17214 fixed
close 17214 25.2
quit

Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I tried to investigate this, and it seems that read-quoted-char has some
> facilities for intercepting f1 (i.e., all the help- local variables),
> and then does not use them at all.
>
> Strange.
>
> Best,
> Marcin
>
>
> On 2014-04-07, at 06:47, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>>
>>   emacs -Q
>>   C-q F1
>>
>> This momentarily flashes the help text, and inserts a null character.
>> The expected result is that the help text is displayed, and Emacs
>> waits for another keystroke and inserts that.

This seems to have been fixed in 25.2.
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 7 days ago.

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