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-rw-r--r--lisp/help.el17
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 867ab33a5af..23901132b05 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ Commands:
(setq view-no-disable-on-exit t)
(run-hooks 'help-mode-hook))
+(defun help-mode-maybe ()
+ (if (eq major-mode 'fundamental-mode)
+ (help-mode)))
+
+(add-hook 'temp-buffer-show-hook 'help-mode-maybe)
+
(defun help-quit ()
(interactive)
nil)
@@ -289,9 +295,6 @@ If FUNCTION is nil, applies `message' to it, thus printing it."
(progn (terpri)
(princ doc))
(princ "not documented")))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer standard-output)
- (help-mode))
(print-help-return-message)))))))
(defun describe-mode ()
@@ -334,9 +337,6 @@ followed by the major mode, which is described on the last page.\n\f\n"))
(princ mode-name)
(princ " mode:\n")
(princ (documentation major-mode))
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer standard-output)
- (help-mode))
(print-help-return-message)))
;; So keyboard macro definitions are documented correctly
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ of the key sequence that ran this command."
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (progn (move-to-column 50) (not (eobp)))
(search-forward " " nil t)
- (insert "\n"))
- (help-mode))
+ (insert "\n")))
(print-help-return-message)))
(defalias 'help 'help-for-help)
@@ -583,7 +582,6 @@ C-w Display information on absence of warranty for GNU Emacs."
(print-help-return-message)
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-output)
- (help-mode)
;; Return the text we displayed.
(buffer-string)))
(message "You didn't specify a function")))
@@ -661,7 +659,6 @@ Returns the documentation as a string, also."
(print-help-return-message)
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-output)
- (help-mode)
;; Return the text we displayed.
(buffer-string))))
(message "You did not specify a variable")))