GNU bug report logs - #50881
C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:11:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 50881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:43:57 +0200

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

> Yup.  And the doc string isn't very helpful:
>
> Search forward "help window".
>
> Which sounds like it's talking about the *Help* window, not the `C-h
> C-h' help-for-help window.

I've now fixed the doc string, and I've made `C-h C-s' just signal an
error if the Metahelp buffer doesn't exist.

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