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bug#42708: Let users copy "*Char Help*" buffer
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#42708: Let users copy "*Char Help*" buffer |
Date: |
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:42:29 +0300 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> There is a buffer "*Char Help*" that emacs makes sure the user is never
> able to copy. (What if Stallman found out about this?)
Actually you can copy it after signing an NDA.
> There is only one place that those "you are not allowed to copy" police
> cannot control: when viewed with emacs -nw. (Oops, I leaked it.) Else
> one's only option is a screenshot.
This patch should allow copying freely:
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index efb214088d..7bad4a720c 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ dired-query
(format " [Type yn!q or %s] "
(key-description (vector help-char)))
" [Type y, n, q or !] ")))
- (set sym (setq char (read-char-choice prompt char-choices)))
+ (set sym (setq char (read-char-from-minibuffer prompt char-choices)))
(if (memq char '(?y ?\s ?!)) t)))))