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24.0.50; "temp" means "help" - rename or at least document

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 8368 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#8368: 24.0.50; "temp" means "help" - rename or at least document
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:41:09 -0400

    > Richard, why is `help-mode-setup' run in absolutely all
    > `with-output-to-temp-buffer' buffers?  This seems rather un-optimal,
    > since that macro is used for many other things than showing help
    > buffers.

I think they were initially set up in Fundamental mode.
Then, once Help mode existed, it was the right thing for most of these
buffers, so it was useful to put them in Help mode.  But there was
no way to make that optional without changing all the callers.

There are other ways to handle this, but just deleting that code would
have bad results: most of these buffers would end up in Fundamental
mode.

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