Subject: Re: bug#71314: [PATCH] info-lookup-symbol does not work in python-mode

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:41:06 +0300

> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:15:48 +0530
> From:  James Thomas via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email-masked]>
> 
> - Make sure python info docs are installed (in Debian-derivatives, 'sudo
>   apt install python3-doc')
> - emacs -Q
> - Open a buffer test.py and type: print
> - C-h S fails, even after typing RET, but...
> 
> - Then do info-lookup-reset, and the previous step works.
> 
> Here's a possible patch, which hasn't been tested as much as needed:

Thanks, but can you also explain why the original recipe fails, and
the main idea of the fix?