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24.0.50; `describe-mode': `help-mode-map' pollutes minor mode descriptions

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 8947 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8947: 24.0.50; `describe-mode': `help-mode-map' pollutes minor mode descriptions
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 22:20:22 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The recipe I gave was this:
>
>   emacs -Q
>  
>   Visit any *.el file, hit `C-h m', then search for `Transient'
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   in *Help*.  The help for `transient-mark-mode' says this:
>  
>   "...for example, incremental search, <, and >."
>
> And I explained the cause: The doc for `transient-mark-mode'
> is being picked up after *Help* has become the current buffer.
> That is not the correct behavior.

I agree.  I can reproduce this, and your explanation makes sense.


Michael.

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