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30.0.91; emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table active when calling `describe-variable' on variable with textually large value.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: sigurddam <at> hotmail.com, 73872 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73872: 30.0.91; emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table active when
 calling `describe-variable' on variable with textually large value.
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:46:37 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: sigurddam <at> hotmail.com,  73872 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:10:11 -0500
> 
> >> Aahhhh!
> >> So the underlying problem already bite in the usual case but you worked
> >> around it by changing `help-mode-syntax-table`.
> >> I think your change to `help-mode-syntax-table` is about right, so we
> >> should include it in any fix to this bug.
> > I was going to install that change, but then I noticed that it removed
> > the call to terpri.  Is that intentional?
> 
> [ I don't think the `terpri` was meant to be removed, no.  ]
> 
> Here's the patch I suggest we install (obviously not on `emacs-30`).

Thanks.  Sigurd Dam Sonniks, does this patch solve your problem?

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