Re: Unrecoverable data loss

[Stefan Monnier]

> (defun help-buffer ()
>   (buffer-name                                ;for with-output-to-temp-buffer
>    (if help-xref-following
>        (current-buffer)
>      (get-buffer-create "*Help*"))))

> hence turning your current buffer into a help buffer thus clearing its
> contents and undo-list, making it read-only, ...

> Maybe `help-buffer' should refuse to return a buffer if it is not
> read-only, `buffer-undo-list' is not t, ...

Yes, I guess we should sanity-check before obeying help-xref-following.


        Stefan