Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] 2013-05-23; TeX-next-error does not update help buffer

[Tassilo Horn]

Markus Pahlow <address@hidden> writes:

> I use the auctex version retrieved via git.  When I use TeX-next-error
> the first time, it works.  However, the next time TeX-next-error is
> used, the help buffer displays the previous error and help messages.
> Deleting the help buffer makes TeX-next-error work (only once).

Oh, indeed.

> I found that the following modification of TeX-help-error in tex-buf.el solved
> the problem:
> add the command (setq buffer-read-only nil) before (erase-buffer) on line 1756
> in tex-buf.el.

I've gone with

  (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
     (do the buffer modification here))

instead of setq, but your analysis is right.  Should be fixed now.

Thanks a lot,
Tassilo