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bug#41836: 26.3; Could we stop `help-buffer' from ever signalling errors
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#41836: 26.3; Could we stop `help-buffer' from ever signalling errors? |
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Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:12:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Looking at the code, my impression is that `help-make-xrefs' is meant to
> be used in `help-mode' buffers only, and the `error' call is just a
> sanity check for that, kinda? Lifting the restriction by removing that
> `error' would allow other usages. I'm not sure whether they're
> all taken into account, though.
>
> Anybody got an opinion here?
The explanation for all this was in bug#8147, and Stephen Berman
proposed an alternate fix (which Stefan agreed with). But it was never
applied, so I did that in Emacs 29, which also solves this bug report, I
think.
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