From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: xref in a narrowed buffer?
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:38:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h7z4vzvn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f7c7f7b9-04fc-7842-0c20-37b612ce6425@yandex.ru> (message from Dmitry Gutov on Wed, 4 Mar 2020 18:04:50 +0200)
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 18:04:50 +0200
> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> > It could also signal a clean error telling the user the destination is
> > outside of the narrowed region, so the user can decide whether to widen
> > or not (and is aware of the fact that the source of the problem is the
> > narrowing).
>
> True. It's also an option.
>
> I don't use narrowing, and don't understand its intended behavior, so
> someone else should make the choice on what is the best approach here.
Signaling an error sounds TRT to me. When you narrow a buffer, Emacs
should behave as if the parts outside the restriction didn't exist.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-04 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-04 14:39 xref in a narrowed buffer? Robert Pluim
2020-03-04 15:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-03-04 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-03-04 16:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-03-04 16:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-03-04 16:08 ` Robert Pluim
2020-03-04 18:18 ` Dmitry Gutov
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