Subject: Re: bug#27890: 26.0.50; describe-font does not use Help buffer history

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 20:21:37 -0400

tags 27890 + patch
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Alex <[email-masked]> writes:

> Alex <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> describe-font does not add to the *Help* buffer's history. The [Back]
>> button does appear when there is a non-empty history, but going back and
>> then forward does not restore the font description.
>
> Here's a patch for it.
>
> +  (let ((xref-item (list #'describe-font fontname))
[...]
> +      (help-setup-xref xref-item (called-interactively-p 'interactive))

Looks fine, personally I wouldn't bother introducing that local
variable.