GNU bug report logs - #27890
26.0.50; describe-font does not use Help buffer history

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:26:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 26.0.50

Fixed in version 26.1

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: Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27890 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27890: 26.0.50; describe-font does not use Help buffer history
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 20:21:37 -0400

tags 27890 + patch
quit

Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com> 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.
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