GNU bug report logs - #17685
24.3.91.1; help-C-file-name failes to create temp buffer " *DOC*"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Guath <stefan <at> automata.se>

Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 08:49:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.91.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 17685 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Stefan Guath <stefan <at> automata.se>
Cc: 17685 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#17685: 24.3.91.1; help-C-file-name failes to create temp
 buffer " *DOC*"
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:45:35 +0200

> (defun show-elisp-src-at-point ()
>    (interactive)
>    (message (find-lisp-object-file-name (variable-at-point) 'defvar)))
>
> Now, executing show-elisp-src-at-point with point on a C variable just returns the symbol 'C-source. With an optional variable enable-c-search in find-lisp-object-file-name, it could instead return the actual C source file name.
>
> I don't think an extra value in help-enable-auto-load would be of any help in these kind of cases (i.e. when used programmatically).

I thought about something like

(if (or (and (eq help-enable-auto-load 'create-doc)
	     (get-buffer-create " *DOC*"))
	(get-buffer " *DOC*"))
    (help-C-file-name type 'subr)
  'C-source)

in `find-lisp-object-file-name'.

martin
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