From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:29:24 2025 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face' Reply-To: Sven Joachim , 4861@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Sven Joachim Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: svenjoac@gmx.de, Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:10:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 4861 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.125723899614185 (code B ref -1); Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:10:05 +0000 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Nov 2009 09:03:16 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=4.0 tests=AWL,FOURLA,GAPPY_SUBJECT, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION,X_DEBBUGS_CC autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA393Fx6014172 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:03:16 -0800 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:60271 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1N5FII-0000GS-LZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5FIG-0006ax-3a for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:14 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33703) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5FIF-0006aT-As for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:11 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Nov 2009 09:03:07 -0000 Received: from p54864110.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [84.134.65.16] by mail.gmx.net (mp052) with SMTP; 03 Nov 2009 10:03:07 +0100 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19awHAdZjBaaDJu1pFLFycgrOj2c1MOPxmkRV11NK rfjW66j9uSjwxS Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 53182354B4; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:03:08 +0100 (CET) From: Sven Joachim To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:03:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87bpjkkmk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.49 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Pressing C-u C-x = signals an error: ,---- | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Unknown button type `help-face'") | signal(error ("Unknown button type `help-face'")) | error("Unknown button type `%s'" help-face) | make-text-button(57 79 type help-face help-args (font-lock-comment-face)) | apply(make-text-button 57 79 (type help-face help-args (font-lock-comment-face))) | insert-text-button("font-lock-comment-face" type help-face help-args (font-lock-comment-face)) | describe-property-list((face font-lock-comment-face fontified t)) | describe-text-properties-1(144 #) | describe-text-properties(144 #) | describe-char(144) | what-cursor-position((4)) | call-interactively(what-cursor-position nil nil) `---- In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.2 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3) of 2009-11-03 on turtle Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10605000 configured using `configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -g -O2'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: C value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Debugger Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-u C-x = M-x t o g g l e - d e b e r r C-u C-x = M-x r e p o e r t - e m Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. make-text-button: Unknown button type `help-face' Debug on Error enabled globally Entering debugger... Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow mail-extr message ecomplete rfc822 mml mml-sec password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc time-date mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils mailheader canlock sha1 hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug sendmail regexp-opt help-mode easymenu view debug cus-start cus-load wid-edit descr-text help-fns tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button minibuffer faces cus-face text-properties overlay md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:29:24 2025 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face' Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 4861@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4861 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 4861-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4861.125730131529476 (code B ref 4861); Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:03 +0000 Received: (at 4861) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Nov 2009 02:21:55 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=4.0 tests=AWL,GAPPY_SUBJECT, HAS_BUG_NUMBER,SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION,X_DEBBUGS_NO_ACK autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA42LrXt029469 for <4861@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:21:54 -0800 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1N5VVP-0001Hf-R7; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:51 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Sven Joachim Cc: 4861@debbugs.gnu.org References: <87bpjkkmk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> X-Spook: blackjack Kosovo Albright Cohiba ICE colonel MILSATCOM X-Ran: P@eOeyFnne:{fXlqtCzoh,ggs9S'4A5S|oL&/a(\Olox+oVD`]lA\C8qoR0nfY#p3o2 X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:51 -0500 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sven Joachim wrote: > Pressing C-u C-x = signals an error: (Not everywhere, but eg at the start of the scratch buffer in emacs -Q.) > | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Unknown button type `help-face'") It works fine after `(require help-mode)', so I suspect this change: 2009-10-21 Stefan Monnier * help-fns.el: Don't require help-mode (to avoid bootstrap issues). Don't know what the bootstrap issues were. From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:29:24 2025 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face' Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4861@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:40:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4861 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 4861-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4861.12573091529060 (code B ref 4861); Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:40:04 +0000 Received: (at 4861) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Nov 2009 04:32:32 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL,GAPPY_SUBJECT, HAS_BUG_NUMBER,SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA44WUL0009057 for <4861@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:32:32 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmIHAMuS8EpFxJaf/2dsb2JhbACBTyvcd4Q9BIhx X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,678,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="48657262" Received: from 69-196-150-159.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.150.159]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 03 Nov 2009 23:32:24 -0500 Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 105A49941; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:32:24 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Monnier To: Glenn Morris Cc: 4861@debbugs.gnu.org, Sven Joachim Message-ID: References: <87bpjkkmk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:32:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:51 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> Pressing C-u C-x = signals an error: > (Not everywhere, but eg at the start of the scratch buffer in emacs -Q.) >> | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Unknown button type `help-face'") > It works fine after `(require help-mode)', so I suspect this change: Thanks, should be fixed now, Stefan From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:29:24 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.427 (Entity 5.427) X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System) To: Sven Joachim Subject: bug#4861 closed by Sven Joachim (Re: bug#4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face') Message-ID: References: <87aaz23e7p.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87bpjkkmk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> X-Emacs-PR-Message: they-closed 4861 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs Reply-To: 4861@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:15:04 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1257322504-31810-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1257322504-31810-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x =3D signals an error: Unknown button type `help-fac= e' It has been closed by Sven Joachim . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Sven Joachim by replying to this email. --=20 4861: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D4861 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1257322504-31810-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 4861-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Nov 2009 08:07:48 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=4.0 tests=AWL,GAPPY_SUBJECT, HAS_BUG_NUMBER,SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with SMTP id nA487kEl031267 for <4861-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:07:47 -0800 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 04 Nov 2009 08:07:40 -0000 Received: from p548642BF.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [84.134.66.191] by mail.gmx.net (mp046) with SMTP; 04 Nov 2009 09:07:40 +0100 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+LNn4gm1uLSqsbfYC2QfepcGEkBpR3nIbW4ykhxY NZ8Vr9wOS/fu3E Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C54EB354B4; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:07:38 +0100 (CET) From: Sven Joachim To: Stefan Monnier Cc: Glenn Morris , 4861-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face' References: <87bpjkkmk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:07:38 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:32:24 -0500") Message-ID: <87aaz23e7p.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.67 On 2009-11-04 05:32 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> Pressing C-u C-x = signals an error: >> (Not everywhere, but eg at the start of the scratch buffer in emacs -Q.) >>> | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Unknown button type `help-face'") >> It works fine after `(require help-mode)', so I suspect this change: > > Thanks, should be fixed now, It is, thank you. Cheers, Sven ------------=_1257322504-31810-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Nov 2009 09:03:16 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=4.0 tests=AWL,FOURLA,GAPPY_SUBJECT, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION,X_DEBBUGS_CC autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA393Fx6014172 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:03:16 -0800 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:60271 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1N5FII-0000GS-LZ for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5FIG-0006ax-3a for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:14 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33703) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5FIF-0006aT-As for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:11 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Nov 2009 09:03:07 -0000 Received: from p54864110.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [84.134.65.16] by mail.gmx.net (mp052) with SMTP; 03 Nov 2009 10:03:07 +0100 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19awHAdZjBaaDJu1pFLFycgrOj2c1MOPxmkRV11NK rfjW66j9uSjwxS Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 53182354B4; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:03:08 +0100 (CET) From: Sven Joachim To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Subject: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face' X-Debbugs-Cc: Sven Joachim Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:03:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87bpjkkmk4.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.49 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Pressing C-u C-x = signals an error: ,---- | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Unknown button type `help-face'") | signal(error ("Unknown button type `help-face'")) | error("Unknown button type `%s'" help-face) | make-text-button(57 79 type help-face help-args (font-lock-comment-face)) | apply(make-text-button 57 79 (type help-face help-args (font-lock-comment-face))) | insert-text-button("font-lock-comment-face" type help-face help-args (font-lock-comment-face)) | describe-property-list((face font-lock-comment-face fontified t)) | describe-text-properties-1(144 #) | describe-text-properties(144 #) | describe-char(144) | what-cursor-position((4)) | call-interactively(what-cursor-position nil nil) `---- In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.2 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3) of 2009-11-03 on turtle Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10605000 configured using `configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -g -O2'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: C value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Debugger Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: C-u C-x = M-x t o g g l e - d e b e r r C-u C-x = M-x r e p o e r t - e m Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. make-text-button: Unknown button type `help-face' Debug on Error enabled globally Entering debugger... Load-path shadows: None found. 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