From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2944: 23.0.91; vc-dir confusing at startup Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:14:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <200904100214.n3A2EScB010591@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> References: Reply-To: Dan Nicolaescu , 2944@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239330314 8968 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2009 02:25:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:25:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2944@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 10 04:26:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ls6Rq-0004lx-PG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:26:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49106 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ls6QS-0002Lc-B0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:25:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ls6PP-0001jU-Ps for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:23:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ls6PK-0001fK-5L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58502 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ls6PJ-0001eh-Fk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:23:53 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:56398) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ls6PI-0006Ex-9o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3A2NnwB001729; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:23:50 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3A2K4Xu000507; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:20:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Dan Nicolaescu Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:20:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2944 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2944-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2944.123932968731377 (code B ref 2944); Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:20:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2944) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 10 Apr 2009 02:14:47 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from barrelv2.ics.uci.edu (barrelv2.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.114]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3A2Ej40031358 for <2944@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:14:46 -0700 Original-Received: from godzilla.ics.uci.edu (godzilla.ics.uci.edu [128.195.10.101]) by barrelv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3A2ESMU017131; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:14:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by godzilla.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n3A2EScB010591; Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:14:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:20 -0400") Original-Lines: 26 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n3A2ESMU017131 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:23:58 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:27044 Archived-At: Richard M Stallman writes: > I just ran vc-dir for the first time. It worked -- after a while. > However, at first it displayed just a few lines of info > about the overall VC handling of the directory. It seemed > to be doing the wrong job. > > So I started to wonder if that were the wrong command. > I looked at the doc string and it did not clarify the question. > It says it "shows the VC status for DIR". The few lines > that were displayed seemed to fit that description. > > Eventually the info on files did appear. But this is a bug anyway. > > I think the doc string should be fixed, and the buffer should > start out containing explanatory text such as > "The status of files is being computed > and will be displayed here when that is done." The problem with not showing something in VC buffer is a common one for asynchronous VC commands (diff, log). The solution we have in emacs-23 for that is to add [Working...] on the modeline while such command is in progress. Was that not obvious enough? Does the face for that message need to stand out a bit more? Please feel free to fix the doc string the way you want it.