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bug#53910: [External] : bug#53910: 29.0.50; context-menu-mode breaks hel


From: Drew Adams
Subject: bug#53910: [External] : bug#53910: 29.0.50; context-menu-mode breaks help in read-only buffers
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:46:43 +0000

> > (with-temp-buffer
> >   (let ((buffer (current-buffer)))
> >     (select-window (selected-window))
> >     (message "before %S after %S" buffer (current-buffer))))
> >
> > is surprising?  But 'select-window' only does
> >
> >   In addition, make WINDOW’s buffer current and set its
> >   buffer’s value of ‘point’ to the value of WINDOW’s ‘window-point’.
> >
> > as advertised.  Or do you mean something else?
> 
> Yep, this is what I meant.  I expected it no-op
> in this case, but the documented behavior is fine.

Maybe it would help to draw some more attention
to this in the doc somehow?

I don't find this obvious at all, even if the doc
does specify it.  The function names don't give
the impression that the behavior you speak of is
part of the what the functions do.

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