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30.1; describe-input-method does not respect help-window-select

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
Cc: 78166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78166: 30.1; describe-input-method does not respect help-window-select
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 11:03:16 +0300

> From: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
> Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 21:52:14 -0400
> Cc: 78166 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 
> 
> > On May 1, 2025, at 1:45 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> From: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
> >> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:01:11 -0400
> >> 
> >> I see now that the documentation for help-window-select says:
> >> 
> >> This option has effect if and only if the help window was created
> >> by ‘with-help-window’.
> >> 
> >> So maybe this is not a bug per se.
> >> 
> >> Should we improve quail-help to use with-help-window?
> > 
> > Yes, if we want it to heed help-window-select, we should.
> > 
> > Patches welcome.  But please be careful and test the changes
> > thoroughly: AFAIR input-method help has several features thyat we
> > would not like to lose.
> 
> Sounds good. I will give it a try. I’ll mail back here if I run into problems.

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