From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10873: 24.0.93; `report-emacs-bug' obscures bug-reporting buffer (!) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:00:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9fc49264-f41a-47d3-8a62-5cdcdf37eeea@default> References: <1716A09ADF16453DAA29A726CB402BA5@us.oracle.com> <87sirsc1lg.fsf@building.gnus.org> <281e9d1f-0853-4498-bd4f-7510213c0cab@default> <43f2b0b2-fafc-43a9-b56a-120b90878cbc@default> <838u4hk0um.fsf@gnu.org> <56800C2E.80300@gmx.at> <83bn9bhna2.fsf@gnu.org> <56801A87.7050107@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451239283 7519 80.91.229.3 (27 Dec 2015 18:01:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10873@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org To: martin rudalics , Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 27 19:01:10 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFcx-00075Z-G4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 19:01:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42325 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFcw-0006an-S4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:01:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33227) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFct-0006ac-9g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:01:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFcs-0005mC-33 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:01:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:37072) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFcr-0005m4-W2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:01:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFcr-0002m9-QI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:01:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:01:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10873 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10873-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10873.145123925810639 (code B ref 10873); Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:01:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10873) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Dec 2015 18:00:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44671 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFco-0002lX-4Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:00:58 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:28926) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aDFcm-0002lI-25 for 10873@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 13:00:56 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id tBRI0olJ029127 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:00:50 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBRI0no2031133 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:00:49 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0002.oracle.com (abhmp0002.oracle.com [141.146.116.8]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBRI0nlW007417; Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:00:49 GMT In-Reply-To: <56801A87.7050107@gmx.at> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:110810 Archived-At: > I have no opinion other than that fixing this particular problem=20 by just removing other windows > might introduce problems for people who would, for example, like > to write a report based on the appearance of text shown in a > particular window. If we deliberately delete such a window before > the user is able to fill in the text for the report, she may have > a hard time recreating it. Exactly! And the same for *Completions*. > And obviously deleting all other windows will be silly when the bug > report window should pop up on a new frame anyway. Note in this > context: We don't know beforehand whether that will happen! Agreed, again. > So to be sure: Does the present report warrant the proposed solution? The right solution is _not_ to remove other windows. Perhaps the right solution is to pop up a separate frame. Or perhaps the "instructions" window should be combined with the "report" window. Or perhaps the pre-Emacs 23 code could serve as a guide (dunno).