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28.0.60; describe-key fails from menu item: "Position not in text area of window"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 21:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.60

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: 51421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51421: 28.0.60; describe-key fails from menu item: "Position not in text area of window"
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:25:19 +0100

On Wed 27 Oct 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:07:08 +0100
>> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
>> 
>>  From emacs -Q, type "C-h k" then select a menu item with the mouse
>> e.g. "File" then "Close". This reports "Position on in text area of
>> window".
>> 
>> On emacs 27.2 this correctly describes the key binding for the menu
>> item. It fails on the emacs-28 and master branches.
>
> Thanks, this was broken by commit 2d15641.  Should be fixed now on the
> release branch.

Thanks, confirmed fixed on emacs-28 and master.

    AndyM
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