From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5122: Mismatched parentheses when dealing with huge buffercontent Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:42:49 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ocmdw33d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260050888 14195 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2009 22:08:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:08:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 23:08:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NH2nH-0007Y1-TZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:08:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47069 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2nH-0006Ak-JK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2ms-00061F-E1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2mn-0005z3-SZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58069 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2mn-0005yt-Cm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:36863) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NH2mm-0006Bt-SM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5M7PQ4006870; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:07:27 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB5Lo5rC004221; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:50:05 -0800 Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:50:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:50:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5122 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5122-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B5122.12600493773548 (code B ref 5122); Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:50:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5122) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Dec 2009 21:42:57 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5Lgtfj003545 for <5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:42:56 -0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au4EAO9iGktFpZ7i/2dsb2JhbACBS9MYhDMEih4 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,347,1257138000"; d="scan'208";a="50760300" Original-Received: from 69-165-158-226.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.158.226]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 05 Dec 2009 16:42:49 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9792680B1; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:42:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ocmdw33d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:57:58 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:33 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33285 Archived-At: >> I think it's better to modify the echo area message, such that if >> Emacs hits the blink-matching-paren-distance limit (as opposed to >> hitting point-min), the message says something like >> Mismatched parentheses (within blink-matching-paren-distance) > Error messages shouldn't be so verbose---they can't spell out every bell > and whistle related to the error. I prefer leaving things the way they > are. But it should be less definitive: rather than just say authoritatively "mismatched paren", it should at least be more humble and say "can't find matching paren". Stefan