From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: x-popup-menu pops up at funny positions Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:46:26 +0100 (CET) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200301061942.h06Jgadw010061@stubby.bodenonline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042000610 17237 80.91.224.249 (8 Jan 2003 04:36:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 04:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18W7xR-0004Tt-00 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 05:36:49 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18W82K-0007re-00 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 05:41:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Vy57-00042G-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2003 13:04:05 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VcLM-0001nN-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:51:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VcKE-00011C-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:50:15 -0500 Original-Received: from stubby.bodenonline.com ([193.201.16.94]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VcHK-0000Sg-00; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:47:14 -0500 Original-Received: from accessno42.bodenonline.com (IDENT:root@accessno42.bodenonline.com [193.201.16.44]) h06Jgadw010061; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:42:37 +0100 In-Reply-To: "from (env: jhd) at Jan 6, 2003 07:41:11 pm" Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10559 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10559 > > > So how about writing code to read the current position, compare it > > with the recorded position, and abort if they differ? That way > > we will find out if it isn't always right. > > Abort sounds a bit drastic, how about popping up a dialog instead? Even the old code relied on these positions to always be correct, it is not like we are introducing new requirements for correctness. Jan D.