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bug#32950: 27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer
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Filipp Gunbin |
Subject: |
bug#32950: 27.0.50; Strange display bug in *Help* buffer |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:28:55 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (darwin) |
Thanks Eli,
On 05/10/2018 22:54 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Maybe it has to do with the fact that help buffer for `proced-sort'
>> contains link to the same function (or similarly name variable).
>
> Yes. This is the intended behavior. Go to that black line and type
> "M-x describe-text-properties RET": you will see what it tries to do.
> Also try the same on a GUI frame.
I see these text props there:
face (:height 0.1 :inverse-video t)
Yes, it's inverse-video, but it does not provide an explanation.
Anyway, it looks somewhat scary for an unprepared user. Why don't we
just show usual help for variable/function separately, and make this
"list"?
If this "list" was displayed right after help for either var/fun was
requested, then it's understandable. But this scenario of "open help
for one of them, follow the link to another, and see it added" is
non-obvious and confusing. To me, at least. I doubt that even
experienced users know about this feature.
Filipp