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29.0.60; help-fns--describe-function-or-command-prompt asks for confirmation

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 60252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60252: 29.0.60; help-fns--describe-function-or-command-prompt asks for confirmation
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:54:24 +0200

> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:21:56 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
> This change
> 
> --- a/lisp/help-fns.el
> +++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ help-fns--describe-function-or-command-prompt
>                  (lambda (f) (if want-command
>                             (commandp f)
>                           (or (fboundp f) (get f 'function-documentation))))
> -               t nil nil
> +               'confirm nil nil
>                  (and fn (symbol-name fn)))))
>       (unless (equal val "")
>         (setq fn (intern val)))
> 
> in
> 
> commit c12838c73ef161850a081f9ccea6e375b7c2f93b
> Author: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date:   Fri Sep 2 09:54:13 2022 -0400
> 
> breaks my working flow as follows: With Emacs 28 when I type
> 
> C-h f RET set-face-a RET
> 
> I get a help window on ‘set-face-attribute’.  Now I'm asked to
> [Confirm].  Kindly add some way to get the old behavior back.

Stefan, any suggestions for more backward compatibility?

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