Subject: Re: bug#8707: 24.0.50; python-describe-symbol broken

From: Christoph Scholtes <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:30:58 -0600

I cannot reproduce this with Emacs trunk r104293.

The *help* buffer pops up and states "no documentation found for 
'my_symbol_name'". Invoking python-describe-symbol through C-c C-f also 
works.

The error message looks like something might not be configured right on 
your system. Do you have other problems invoking shell commands? Can you 
try a `M-x shell-command' and see if that one works?

Christoph

On 5/20/2011 1:46 PM, Andreas Röhler wrote:

> emacs -Q
>
> in python-mode on some python symbol: M-x python-describe-symbol
>
> instead of output in *Help* I get
>
> WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
> - (press RETURN)
>
> ;;;;;;
>
> Also Return doesn't give results, buffer is dead.
>
> Bug does not occur with
>
> GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i586-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.1) of 2011-02-22