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authorChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2006-03-07 15:53:41 +0000
committerChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2006-03-07 15:53:41 +0000
commit46d91fa0dff86fe6212466b40c68a2a08a1523d2 (patch)
tree07a31ae79f23668cfc725dcc2fbf2a60eb662f32
parent19bf3d3fa4b714b62170276250441bd726a3f625 (diff)
downloademacs-46d91fa0dff86fe6212466b40c68a2a08a1523d2.tar.gz
* help.el (describe-key-briefly): If KEY is a down event, read and
discard the up event.
-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--lisp/help.el6
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c7c2661b2a9..18fa97f0d20 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-07 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+ * help.el (describe-key-briefly): If KEY is a down event, read and
+ discard the up event.
+
2006-03-07 Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
* progmodes/gud.el (gud-speedbar-buttons): Allow pointers to
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 7c84f44f6a0..a39d344dc04 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ temporarily enables it to allow getting help on disabled items and buttons."
(setq saved-yank-menu (copy-sequence yank-menu))
(menu-bar-update-yank-menu "(any string)" nil))
(setq key (read-key-sequence "Describe key (or click or menu item): "))
+ ;; If KEY is a down-event, read and discard the
+ ;; corresponding up-event.
+ (if (and (vectorp key)
+ (eventp (elt key 0))
+ (memq 'down (event-modifiers (elt key 0))))
+ (read-event))
(list
key
(if current-prefix-arg (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))