From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 11999@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11999: 24.1.50; New Info file suffix ".info" breaks `Info-find-node-2'
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:36:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7gtn8t7h.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83fw8dk8bm.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:49:01 +0300")
>> >> Note that most uses of `user-error' are correct in that they signal
>> >> conditions which are usually simply due to a mistaken manipulation
>> >> (such as trying to move past the EOB)
>> > That's a coincidence: we tend to want the no-debug behavior for user
>> > errors. Bu the feature is not about user errors, it's about not
>> > entering the debugger.
>> No, it's not just a coincidence: if the problem is not due to the author
>> of the code having made a mistake, then it can basically only be due to
>> a mistake of the user in its larger sense (which includes the steps the
>> user or his sysadmin did to set up the system).
> Let's take the use case of typing "i foobar" and getting "No 'foobar'
> in index." in response. Whose fault/mistake is this?
I think it is clearly a "user error".
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-28 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-20 16:13 bug#11999: 24.1.50; New Info file suffix ".info" breaks `Info-find-node-2' Drew Adams
2012-07-20 18:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-20 18:45 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-20 19:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-20 20:03 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-20 20:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-20 20:09 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-20 20:11 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-20 20:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-20 20:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-20 21:08 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-21 8:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-21 13:58 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-22 9:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-22 14:34 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-22 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-23 8:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-23 13:54 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-23 23:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-24 1:30 ` Drew Adams
2012-07-24 9:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-24 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-24 21:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-25 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-25 23:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-26 3:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-26 23:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-27 6:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-28 21:36 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-07-29 2:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-30 9:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-30 13:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-07-29 6:30 ` Juri Linkov
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