GNU bug report logs - #4861
23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>

Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:10:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 4861 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4861: 23.1.50; C-u C-x = signals an error: Unknown button type `help-face'
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:51 -0500

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  <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca>

    * help-fns.el: Don't require help-mode (to avoid bootstrap issues).

Don't know what the bootstrap issues were.
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