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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 48249@debbugs.gnu.org, dima@secretsauce.net
Subject: bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 11:48:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <531453ddd6b11fb0aa2a@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83im3wdv8b.fsf@gnu.org>


>>> More generally, that's development for you; without risking such 
>>> destabilization from time to time we can never afford significant 
>>> improvements. The important question is: will the new-and-improved 
>>> behavior be useful or won't it?
>>
>> Indeed perhaps the most important question here is: is this a 
>> "significant improvement"?  IMO, the answer is clearly "no".
>
> I know, and I think that opinion makes your judgment of the results too 
> severe.
>

That's possible, indeed.  But so far I haven't seen a single concrete 
example that demonstrates that this feature is either (a) necessary in 
some circumstances (as was bidirectional editing support), or (b) not 
necessary but at least useful in some circumstances.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-06 11:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-06  3:50 bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode Dima Kogan
2021-05-06  7:30 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06  8:04   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-06  8:17     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06  9:39       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-06  9:57         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 10:15           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-06 11:48             ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2021-05-06 12:30 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 12:39   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 13:25     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 13:38       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 13:58         ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-06 14:22         ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 14:49     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-06 19:25   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-05-07  9:49   ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-05-07 10:24     ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-05-07 12:02     ` Gregory Heytings
2021-05-07 12:43       ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-05-07 20:30     ` Dima Kogan
2021-05-08 12:30       ` Alan Mackenzie

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