GNU bug report logs - #39848
26.3; Provide better help for menu-bar, e.g., Options > Line Wrapping in This Buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 00:47:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 13841, 20157, 20942

Found in versions 24.3.50, 25.0.50, 26.3

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 39848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 39848 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39848: 26.3;
 Provide better help for menu-bar, e.g., Options > Line Wrapping in
 This Buffer
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 05:41:29 +0200

> Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:46:39 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> emacs -Q
> 
> C-h k
> 
> As one example, choose from menu-bar: Options > Line Wrapping in This
> Buffer > Wrap at Window Edge
> 
> Buffer *Help* shows this:
> 
>  <menu-bar> <options> <line-wrapping> <window-wrap> runs the command #[nil "\203\0\300\303!\210\304
>  \205\0\305\306!\207" [visual-line-mode word-wrap truncate-lines 0
>  nil toggle-truncate-lines -1] 2 nil nil] (found in global-map), which
>  is an interactive compiled Lisp function.
> 
>  It is bound to <menu-bar> <options> <line-wrapping> <window-wrap>.
> 
>  (anonymous)
> 
>  Not documented.
> 
> That's nearly useless.  It doesn't take advantage of Emacs or Lisp.

This is already fixed in Emacs 27.
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 82 days ago.

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