Re: Refreshing Info nodes

[Juri Linkov]

>>> I think it should work also in variable help buffers, etc.
>> `revert-buffer-function' is not implemented for Help buffers at all.
>
> Indeed and that's a bug.

This patch fixes it:

=== modified file 'lisp/help-mode.el'
--- lisp/help-mode.el   2010-05-20 23:54:55 +0000
+++ lisp/help-mode.el   2010-06-16 20:34:05 +0000
@@ -271,6 +272,8 @@ (defun help-mode ()
          ;; also removes BUFFER from the selected window.
          (with-current-buffer buffer
            (bury-buffer))))
+  (set (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
+       'help-mode-revert-buffer)
 
   (run-mode-hooks 'help-mode-hook))
 
@@ -783,6 +786,15 @@ (defun help-follow-symbol (&optional pos
              (fboundp sym) (facep sym))
       (help-do-xref pos #'help-xref-interned (list sym)))))
 
+(defun help-mode-revert-buffer (ignore-auto noconfirm)
+  (when (or noconfirm (yes-or-no-p "Revert help buffer? "))
+    (let ((pos (point))
+         (item help-xref-stack-item)
+         ;; Pretend there is no current item to add to the history.
+         (help-xref-stack-item nil))
+      (apply (car item) (cdr item))
+      (goto-char pos))))
+
 (defun help-insert-string (string)
   "Insert STRING to the help buffer and install xref info for it.
 This function can be used to restore the old contents of the help buffer

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/