From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 23604@debbugs.gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#23604: desktop-restore-in-current-display should default to t
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 21:19:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <831t4s63i2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76836464-8187-469c-9ddd-df27b6da1acc@default> (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 23 May 2016 10:47:36 -0700 (PDT))
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:47:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 23604@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > Leaving it at nil makes no sense to me. It means that you invoke
> > Emacs, which will then display on a different terminal -- could be a
> > terminal half a world away. That could be something that is desired
> > in some specialized use cases, but makes no sense at all as the
> > default.
> >
> > This problem will exist on any platform that supports X displays,
> > i.e. on any Posix system.
> >
> > > Anyway, the right course of action now (if Emacs 25.1 is released
> > > with the default value changed to t) is (after the 25.1 release)
> > > to fix bug #20247 and revert the default value to nil.
> >
> > No, the right course is to set it to t and leave it at that.
>
> You elided this, just after that paragraph:
>
> At that point, if there is disagreement about the default value,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> i.e., if someone really thinks it should be t by design (and not
> just as a workaround), then we can discuss the pros & cons for
> the default behavior.
And you elided the part where you claim that no arguments were
presented in favor of the non-nil value.
> The proper default value to use, once bug #20274 is fixed, should
> be discussed in that context, not in the context of this temporary
> workaround (#23604).
>
> Let's have that discussion there and then.
I don't see any point in delaying the discussion. The correct default
value is clear already.
> It should be possible to try that and fall back if it is not
> possible for some reason (e.g. the display does not exist).
Feel free to suggest such a test.
> But we should discuss this later and not here. This bug is only
> about the temporary workaround of setting the value to `t' _to
> avoid bug #20274_ rearing its head by default.
I don't see that as a temporary workaround, I think the default should
be t regardless.
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2016-05-23 17:47 ` bug#23604: desktop-restore-in-current-display should default to t Drew Adams
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2016-05-23 20:33 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-24 2:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-05-23 16:37 Paul Eggert
2016-05-23 17:13 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-23 17:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-05-23 18:07 ` Paul Eggert
2016-05-23 20:33 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-23 21:01 ` Paul Eggert
2016-05-23 21:11 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-24 0:23 ` Paul Eggert
2016-05-24 0:37 ` Juanma Barranquero
2016-05-24 0:54 ` Drew Adams
2016-05-30 5:50 ` Paul Eggert
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