GNU bug report logs - #32950
27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 18:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 27.0.50

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 #22 received at 32950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32950: 27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:44:39 +0200

> I'm sure on GUI it serves its purpose well, when it's really thin line.
> But on TTY, as I already wrote, nothing except "what happened?" comes to
> (my) mind.  When you are accustomed to the usual behavior of Help
> buffers to replace contents when following a link, this special-case
> adding is really confusing.

Would it be difficult to replace it with a line of dashes on TTYs?

martin
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