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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 32950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm
Subject: bug#32950: 27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:59:13 +0300

> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:44:39 +0200
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: 32950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  > 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?

You mean, apart of adding some code to make that happen?  No, I don't
think so.  But don't be surprised if someone then comes up crying that
their favorite feature was removed.

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