hi all - i tried searching for any existing solution, but found none, so
here goes...

i'm running emacs in terminal-only mode (i.e. no X11), and have switched
menu.graphics to FALSE to prevent any confusion.
when looking for a help page that is package-ambiguous, i've been running
into prompt problems:

imagine there are multiple help pages for "mapply" (if you install
BiocGenerics, this is indeed the case):

> ?mapply

emacs freezes.
i can un-freeze with a quick C-g, and a buffer search shows that a *help*
page was indeed created in a new buffer, but the buffer was never pushed to
the current emacs display (i.e. never shown in any existing or new emacs
window), so control was never given to this buffer.
problem is, even if control is manually given, this buffer only shows the
menu option to disambiguate the two "mapply" help pages... but there's no
prompt or keyboard input reading in this menu buffer, so to select the
option, i have to switch back over to the existing *R* buffer.
at this point, i can select from the menu option, but if i do select either
version of the help page, that page is now scrolled in the *R* buffer,
rather than being displayed in the standard *help* buffer.

the same problem exists with the C-c C-v method of selecting help pages.

the only way around this behavior i've seen so far is as so:
(1) C-c h --> help-apropos
(2) search for "mapply"
(3) get the long apropos hit page in a new buffer
(4) cursor/scroll down to the appropriate entry (this list could be quite
large, however)
(5) selecting that entry properly opens the chosen help page in a *help*
buffer.

i'm guessing others have experienced the same issue (especially anyone
using Bioconductor packages)... any tips on how to get around this
annoyance?

cheers,

-m

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