changeset 67855:d6290d5c2df4

(describe-char): Set help-xref-stack-item explicitly after buffer has been generated. Revert previous changes for optional buffer argument.

--- a/lisp/descr-text.el	Tue Dec 27 21:11:50 2005 +0000
+++ b/lisp/descr-text.el	Tue Dec 27 21:24:53 2005 +0000
@@ -404,15 +404,13 @@
 
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun describe-char (pos &optional buf)
+(defun describe-char (pos)
   "Describe the character after POS (interactively, the character after point).
 The information includes character code, charset and code points in it,
 syntax, category, how the character is encoded in a file,
 character composition information (if relevant),
 as well as widgets, buttons, overlays, and text properties."
   (interactive "d")
-  (let ((help-buffer (help-buffer)))
-  (with-current-buffer  (if buf buf (current-buffer))
   (if (>= pos (point-max))
       (error "No character follows specified position"))
   (let* ((char (char-after pos))
@@ -586,12 +584,8 @@
     (setq max-width (apply #'max (mapcar #'(lambda (x)
 					     (if (cadr x) (length (car x)) 0))
 					 item-list)))
-    (let ((buffer (current-buffer)))
-      (with-current-buffer help-buffer
-	(help-setup-xref
-	 (list #'describe-char pos (if buf buf buffer))
-	 (interactive-p))))
-    (with-output-to-temp-buffer help-buffer
+    (help-setup-xref nil (interactive-p))
+    (with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
       (with-current-buffer standard-output
 	(set-buffer-multibyte multibyte-p)
 	(let ((formatter (format "%%%ds:" max-width)))
@@ -693,8 +687,9 @@
 		  "the meaning of the rule.\n"))
 
         (if text-props-desc (insert text-props-desc))
+  	(setq help-xref-stack-item (list 'help-insert-string (buffer-string)))
 	(toggle-read-only 1)
-        (print-help-return-message)))))))
+	(print-help-return-message)))))
 
 (defalias 'describe-char-after 'describe-char)
 (make-obsolete 'describe-char-after 'describe-char "22.1")