From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Pretest? Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:10:50 +0100 Message-ID: <86hcsoxptx.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <87slcf8qxr.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20070309135920.GA3560@kobe.laptop> <87hcsuwk6w.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173856282 11195 80.91.229.12 (14 Mar 2007 07:11:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:11:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 14 08:11:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HRNdh-0001Cc-SI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:11:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HRNeX-0001jx-Eo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:12:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HRNeT-0001gi-QB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HRNeP-0001VT-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HRNeP-0001Ui-BN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:11:57 -0500 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HRNdW-0001az-0S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:11:02 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (pd95b0fdb.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.91.15.219]) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA09387 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:10:50 +0100 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 761 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2007 07:10:55 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 14 Mar 2007 07:10:55 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0F21EC1600; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:10:50 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue\, 13 Mar 2007 23\:24\:21 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:67896 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > I think that in cases like this server.el should display the new buffer > > in another window, so that the user knows to go over and edit it. > > If the user wants server.el to display emacsclient-sent buffers in > another window or frame, he can set server-window. > > Yes, but that is a different issue. I am talking about what to do > when emacsclient wants to display a buffer, but something like a > minibuffer or an isearch prevents it from switching effectively to > that buffer in the normal way. > > It should display that buffer in another window, and not abort > anything. > > And IIRC, both the current isearch issue and the previous > patch to abort recursive editing were prompted by users considering > not doing that as a bug. > > I thought they complained because the buffer was not visible. You can't show the buffer if an isearch is going on in a single frame with a single window and you are not going to interrupt isearch. -- David Kastrup