Subject: Re: bug#73637: [PATCH] New hook 'help-setup-hook'

From: "J.P." <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:53:33 -0700

Hi people,

Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]> writes:

> On 06/10/2024 09:56, Juri Linkov wrote:
>>> Great! I've pushed that patch, please report any new regressions.
>> Maybe 'help-xref-forward-stack' and 'help-xref-stack-forward-item'
>> should be preserved as well?
>
> Good question - looks like both of these vars are marked as 
> 'permanent-local' already. And the ones I set up to be restored are too.
>
> This suggests a further simplification, pushed to master now:
>
>
>   (defvar help-xref-following nil
>     "Non-nil when following a help cross-reference.")

Just linking to a possibly related bug:

  bug#73686: 31.0.50; ERC 5.6.1-git:
  back button gone from describe-face via erc-nicks-list-face

Thanks,
J.P.