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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Steve Yegge <stevey@google.com>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 4041@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4041: 23.0.92; Emacs 23: buffer point is no longer frame-local
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:19:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvcrvf1qa.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEYe22VxWEtHmy9OVPzcnoyH=gM+5UuNW79YnbAaAGJSfY1fzg@mail.gmail.com> (Steve Yegge's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:35:25 -0700")

> My proposal -- which people sound like they agree with, and Leo has even
> implemented as an add-on -- takes the default behavior from arbitrary to not
> only predictable but in fact useful.  The only way anyone would even notice
> that you've changed something is if they were somehow relying on the
> arbitrary default behavior, but as we've determined that it's not especially
> predictable, I don't see how anyone could have been relying on it.  If we're
> really worried about it, we can make a compatibility variable.

I think I generally agree it would be a good change.  But without an
actual patch, it's difficult to assess how reliable and backward
compatible we can make it.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-12  1:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-05  0:17 bug#4041: 23.0.92; Emacs 23: buffer point is no longer frame-local Steve Yegge
2009-08-06  9:33 ` martin rudalics
2011-09-17  7:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-17  8:43   ` martin rudalics
2011-09-18  8:03     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-06 22:14     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-07  7:07       ` martin rudalics
2011-10-07 10:46         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-07 17:00           ` martin rudalics
2011-10-07 21:09             ` Steve Yegge
2011-10-08  6:23               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08  6:32                 ` Drew Adams
2011-10-08  6:23               ` Leo
2011-10-08 13:23               ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 14:12                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08 15:00                   ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 15:34                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08 15:55                       ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 17:07                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-08 17:53                           ` martin rudalics
2011-10-08 20:35                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-09  8:33                               ` martin rudalics
2011-10-09 17:45                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-10 12:57                                   ` martin rudalics
2011-10-11 12:45               ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12  0:35                 ` Steve Yegge
2011-10-12  1:19                   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-10-12  3:52                     ` Steve Yegge
2011-10-12  9:48                     ` martin rudalics
2011-10-12 13:11                       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12 13:39                         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-12 14:25                           ` martin rudalics
2012-10-05 10:08                         ` martin rudalics
2012-10-10 10:22                           ` martin rudalics
2011-10-12  6:52                   ` martin rudalics

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