From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18879: 24.3; flymake error window is wider than screeny Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:28:37 +0100 Message-ID: <87wnw8howa.fsf@gnus.org> References: <10491932.LqMGM7f19f@fluss> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34945"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 18879@debbugs.gnu.org To: Arne Babenhauserheide Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 19 17:29:19 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l1tsc-0008v2-2y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:29:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54160 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l1tsb-0001wD-2F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:29:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45376) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l1tsM-0001vB-48 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:29:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39869) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l1tsL-00069A-RY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:29:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l1tsL-0006IU-OF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:29:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18879 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 18879-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18879.161107372924172 (code B ref 18879); Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18879) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jan 2021 16:28:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51412 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l1ts9-0006Hn-6M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:28:49 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:33112) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l1ts7-0006HU-AD for 18879@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:28:47 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=hJtRIozuO0edwhEnsteUy9SCLgC4aTjcHPD1/qWdQTE=; b=UxuevOYbwdxuSrCEbG50vLBuf7 IbR5QaR39v+QNG6qG106YB5uiaASc6i5fp767iNNLllZxXloIbF4BPYuUnqkRFNUu0XOnv57whYPG aEVvLsjMZU2SS2SxTSzk1GvF6f+jcdED00TJgxD5V6QOwLyEyPKZAy7jZYqxM8Ehbzz8=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l1try-00024y-53; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:28:41 +0100 X-Now-Playing: The Matthew Herbert Big Band's _The State Between Us (1)_: "The Tower" In-Reply-To: <10491932.LqMGM7f19f@fluss> (Arne Babenhauserheide's message of "Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:30:21 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:198178 Archived-At: Arne Babenhauserheide writes: > When the flymake command does not work in graphical emacs (gtk), the > error message is a single line window which often exceeds the limits of > the screen. > > Also the message cannot be selected, so I cannot just copy the error > message. And it does not appear in *Messages*. This makes it hard to > debug flymake errors - and normally causes me to ignore them and just go > without flymake. > > It would be nice to have message window not exceed a certain width > (for example not become bigger than the screen), the text in the message > selectable via mouse-selection and the error message appear in the > *Messages* buffer. (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately got no response at the time.) Do you still see this issue in more recent versions of Emacs? If so, do you have a recipe for how to reproduce it, starting from "emacs -Q"? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no