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+-- In article <9103042156.AA01444@aps1.spa.umn.edu> zoo@APS1.SPA.UMN.EDU ("david d [zoo] zuhn") writes:
| 
| I'd like to have my *Help* buffer in view mode by default, so that I
| can page through it in the same general way I can page through the
| *info* buffer (space to scroll down, etc.)
| 
| I see a view-mode in view.el, but there is a note saying that bad
| things will happen if it is called without a buffer attached, so it
| looks like I cannot just add ("\\*Help\\*$" . view-mode) to the
| auto-mode-alist.  
| 
| [...etc...]
|
| Has someone done this (*Help* in view-mode) and made it work?  

    You may be better off to use ehelp.el, from the 18.55 distribution,
  which defines an electric-help mode (using electric.el).  This binds SPC
  to scroll-down, DEL to scroll back, etc.  and you can add further
  key-bindings by changing electric-help-map.  To give it a go, add the
  following two lines to your ~/.emacs:

      +--- .emacs ---
      | (require 'ehelp)			; electric help
      | (fset 'help-command ehelp-command)	; plug it in


    As an aside, I personally try to stay away from view-mode, and use (a
  modified version of) Wolfgang Rupprecht's more-mode instead.  "more.el"
  is available from the ohio-state elisp archives:

more		  87-11-19
     Wolgang Rupprecht, <wolgang@mgm.mit.edu,mit-eddie!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/more.el.Z
     Just like more(1). Doesn't do a recursive edit.

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