Subject: bug#78905: 31.0.50; Extra dot in C-h k output

From: Stephen Berman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:10:48 +0200

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:05:13 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:

>> From: Stephen Berman <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Eshel Yaron <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
>> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:47:32 +0200
>> 
>> Since the sexp `(or remapped menus (princ "."))' is within a sexp
>> beginning `(when menus ...)' and nothing nullifies `menus' within that
>> sexp, doesn't this change then make `(princ ".")' a no-op?
>
> Sorry, a thinko.  The below is better, I hope.
>
> diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
> index 481360b..ff69227 100644
> --- a/lisp/help-fns.el
> +++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
> @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ help-fns--key-bindings
>                               (format-message "`%s'" remapped)
>  		           "an anonymous command"))
>                    (princ "as well.\n"))
> -                (or remapped (princ "."))
> +                (or remapped (= (point) start) (princ "."))
>                  (fill-region-as-paragraph start (point))))
>              (ensure-empty-lines)))))))

Yes, this is effectively equivalent to the patch I posted ;-)

Steve Berman