GNU bug report logs - #43122
Recommend scroll-up-command when help-window-select is non-nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Per Starbäck <starback <at> stp.lingfil.uu.se>

Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:26:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 27.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Per Starbäck <starback <at> stp.lingfil.uu.se>
Cc: 43122 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43122: 27.1; hep text
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 03:03:35 -0700

retitle 43122 Recommend scroll-up-command when help-window-select is non-nil
severity 43122 minor
close 43122 28.1
thanks

Per Starbäck <starback <at> stp.lingfil.uu.se> writes:

> In GNU Emacs 27.1:
>
> emacs -Q
> (setq help-window-select t) C-j
> C-x 2
> C-h k M-x
>
> The *Help* buffer appears. In the echo area I get a message
>
>   Type "q" to restore previous buffer, M-x scroll-up to scroll help.
>
> It would be nicer it if told me to use C-v for scrolling, so in
> lisp/help.el I think scroll-up-command should be used instead of
> scroll-up.

Thanks for the bug report.

I've now fixed this on the emacs-27 branch.
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