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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/help.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/help.el | 34 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el index b010722bec0..bea404f5112 100644 --- a/lisp/help.el +++ b/lisp/help.el @@ -564,13 +564,24 @@ It can also be a number in which case the untranslated events from the last key hit are used. If KEY is a menu item or a tool-bar button that is disabled, this command -temporarily enables it to allow clicking on disabled items and buttons." +temporarily enables it to allow getting help on disabled items and buttons." (interactive) - (let ((enable-disabled-menus-and-buttons t)) + (let ((enable-disabled-menus-and-buttons t) + (save-yank-menu)) (if key ;; Non-interactive invocation (describe-key-briefly-internal key insert untranslated) - (call-interactively 'describe-key-briefly-internal)))) + ;; If yank-menu is empty, populate it temporarily, so that + ;; "Select and Paste" menu can generate a complete event + (if (null (cdr yank-menu)) + (unwind-protect + (progn + (setq save-yank-menu (copy-sequence yank-menu)) + (menu-bar-update-yank-menu "(any string)" nil) + (call-interactively 'describe-key-briefly-internal)) + (progn (setq yank-menu (copy-sequence save-yank-menu)) + (fset 'yank-menu (cons 'keymap yank-menu)))) + (call-interactively 'describe-key-briefly-internal))))) (defun describe-key-briefly-internal (key &optional insert untranslated) "Print the name of the function KEY invokes. KEY is a string. @@ -629,13 +640,24 @@ the last key sequence entered are used. UP-EVENT is the up-event that was discarded by reading KEY, or nil. If KEY is a menu item or a tool-bar button that is disabled, this command -temporarily enables it to allow clicking on disabled items and buttons." +temporarily enables it to allow getting help on disabled items and buttons." (interactive) - (let ((enable-disabled-menus-and-buttons t)) + (let ((enable-disabled-menus-and-buttons t) + (save-yank-menu)) (if key ;; Non-interactive invocation (describe-key-internal key untranslated up-event) - (call-interactively 'describe-key-internal)))) + ;; If yank-menu is empty, populate it temporarily, so that + ;; "Select and Paste" menu can generate a complete event + (if (null (cdr yank-menu)) + (unwind-protect + (progn + (setq save-yank-menu (copy-sequence yank-menu)) + (menu-bar-update-yank-menu "(any string)" nil) + (call-interactively 'describe-key-internal)) + (progn (setq yank-menu (copy-sequence save-yank-menu)) + (fset 'yank-menu (cons 'keymap yank-menu)))) + (call-interactively 'describe-key-internal))))) (defun describe-key-internal (key &optional untranslated up-event) "Display documentation of the function invoked by KEY. |