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bug#16617: 24.3.50; REGRESSION: `C-q ?' pops up annoying *Char Help* buf


From: Leo Liu
Subject: bug#16617: 24.3.50; REGRESSION: `C-q ?' pops up annoying *Char Help* buffer
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:39:08 +0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (CentOS 6.5)

On 2014-04-03 23:14 +0800, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> FWIW, I don't think this is the right fix.  The problem is not that
> '?' pops up the help text -- I disagree with Drew about that, as '?'
> is a normal way to ask Emacs for guidance.  The problem is that the
> help text is not really displayed -- it flashes for a fraction of a
> second and disappears without a trace.  Your suggestion doesn't fix
> that part.  Even if it is eventually decided that '?' should not
> invoke help in this case, the problem with momentarily flashing the
> help text should be solved, because it actually renders the whole
> help-form feature useless.

Agreed.

Leo





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