This is a bug that happens when trying to navigate between two *Help* buffers.
emacs -Q
Evaluate this code:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c l") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "This
messes up the help buffer somehow.")))
Then open up a help buffer for that function:
C-h k C-c l
And a help buffer for something else:
C-h k a
Then, in the help buffer, go to the bottom, and try to select the
"[back]" link. I get an error: "user-error: You didn’t specify a function
symbol". If I try again, I get a different error: "apply: Symbol’s
function definition is void: nil". These errors happen whether I've
select the link with pressing Enter on the keyboard or by clicking the
mouse.
==End of instructions==
In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
of 2016-07-10 built on zck-laptop
Repository revision: 466ee1b3ea76425d201b5d59950e88251870c836
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11803000
System Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Recent messages:
Mark set
(lambda nil (interactive) (insert "This messes up the help buffer somehow."))
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
Mark set
user-error: You didn’t specify a function symbol
apply: Symbol’s function definition is void: nil
scroll-up-command: End of buffer [2 times]
apply: Symbol’s function definition is void: nil [3 times]
p is undefined
Configured features:
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NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11
Important settings:
value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
Major mode: Lisp Interaction
Minor modes in effect:
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global-eldoc-mode: t
electric-indent-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
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menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Load-path shadows:
None found.
Features:
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Memory information:
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(symbols 48 20970 0)
(miscs 40 262 168)
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(buffers 976 12)
(heap 1024 25332 985))