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29.0.50; Scrolling the calc help buffer

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis <at> me.com>
Cc: 54285 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54285: 29.0.50; Scrolling the calc help buffer
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:16:58 +0100

Rudolf Adamkovič <salutis <at> me.com> writes:

> The user starts reading help and as they reach the end of the visible
> part of the buffer, they scroll the window *with the scroll bar*.
>
> Expected: the window scrolls, the user continues reading
> Actual: Emacs beeps, closes the window, and tells the user:
>
> "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"

calc-dispatch-help is basically just looping over `read-event' and
responding only to the keyboard scroll keys.  Perhaps a better way to
implement this would be to use the normal help functions (which are less
modal) so that these things work better?


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