Re: popup spam from emacs when visiting a patch file

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         I have turned on which-func-mode, so that in some major
>  modes the function name is displayed in the mode line. Unfortunately,
>  the default for the variable which-func-modes (in wile which-func.el)
>  includes diff-mode.
> 
>         I say unfortunately, since when I visit a file with a patch
>  (and not having the source handy), in order to display the function
>  name it needs to visit the file, and since it can't figure out the file
>  name, it pops us a file chooser box asking me for the file -- or allows
>  me to cancel. However, as soon as I cancel, the box pops up again --
>  over and over again (I think there is an event timer associated with
>  mode line display, once every few seconds, and these requests stack
>  up).


Until this is fixed you can move point from the lines where the file 
names are. At least that worked for me. (Not sure if the problem is 
still there.)