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>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 17685 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Stefan Guath <stefan <at> automata.se>
Subject: bug#17685: 24.3.91.1; help-C-file-name failes to create temp buffer " *DOC*"
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:11:07 +0100

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

> How about reserving an extra value for `help-enable-auto-load' which, if
> set, would trigger auto-creating the *DOC* buffer.

I've now done this in Emacs 29 -- it seemed the interface that made the
most sense (out of always reading DOC if we had the source, or a new
value for help-enable-auto-load).

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