Re: confusing info in C-u C-x =

[Juri Linkov]

>     It already always creates a new buffer *Help-2*.  Do you mean that
>     `generate-new-buffer-name' can create more buffers like *Help*<3> and
>     *Help*<4>?
>
> It will create a new buffer each time.

Yes, I already realized what you meant.  Below is a new patch.

Index: lisp/descr-text.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/descr-text.el,v
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -c -r1.43 descr-text.el
*** lisp/descr-text.el  8 Dec 2005 01:38:50 -0000       1.43
--- lisp/descr-text.el  11 Dec 2005 00:45:56 -0000
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*** 160,166 ****
        (let ((buffer (current-buffer))
            (target-buffer "*Help*"))
        (when (eq buffer (get-buffer target-buffer))
!         (setq target-buffer "*Help-2*"))
        (save-excursion
          (with-output-to-temp-buffer target-buffer
            (set-buffer standard-output)
--- 160,166 ----
        (let ((buffer (current-buffer))
            (target-buffer "*Help*"))
        (when (eq buffer (get-buffer target-buffer))
!         (setq target-buffer "*Help*<2>"))
        (save-excursion
          (with-output-to-temp-buffer target-buffer
            (set-buffer standard-output)
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*** 466,472 ****
                                (char-to-string char)))))
         (orig-buf (current-buffer))
         (help-buf (if (eq orig-buf (get-buffer "*Help*"))
!                      "*Help-2*" "*Help*"))
         item-list max-width unicode)
  
      (if (or (< char 256)
--- 466,472 ----
                                (char-to-string char)))))
         (orig-buf (current-buffer))
         (help-buf (if (eq orig-buf (get-buffer "*Help*"))
!                      "*Help*<2>" "*Help*"))
         item-list max-width unicode)
  
      (if (or (< char 256)
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*** 621,626 ****
--- 621,628 ----
                                         item-list)))
      (with-output-to-temp-buffer help-buf
        (with-current-buffer standard-output
+       (let ((help-xref-following t))
+         (help-setup-xref nil nil))
        (set-buffer-multibyte multibyte-p)
        (let ((formatter (format "%%%ds:" max-width)))
          (dolist (elt item-list)
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*** 725,731 ****
        (save-excursion
          (set-buffer orig-buf)
          (describe-text-properties pos help-buf))
!       (describe-text-mode)))))
  
  (defalias 'describe-char-after 'describe-char)
  (make-obsolete 'describe-char-after 'describe-char "22.1")
--- 727,736 ----
        (save-excursion
          (set-buffer orig-buf)
          (describe-text-properties pos help-buf))
!       (describe-text-mode)
!       (toggle-read-only 1)
!       (help-make-xrefs (current-buffer))
!       (print-help-return-message)))))
  
  (defalias 'describe-char-after 'describe-char)
  (make-obsolete 'describe-char-after 'describe-char "22.1")

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/