From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 41821@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net
Subject: bug#41821: 28.0.50; read-directory-name in vc commands should provide defaults from projects
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:23:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5eef9982-091d-5db6-d96f-35da1f2cf42d@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83eeptw3a9.fsf@gnu.org>
On 03.07.2020 08:55, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> But it's for a default value (one you can insert using M-n, or not).
>> Most users won't even notice this.
>
> You assume that most users don't know about or use M-n? I do it all
> the time, and would like to think others do as well.
I assume, yes.
But even if they do, I'm not sure how this extra capability could harm them.
>>>> The use case is 'M-x xref-find-refereces' and xref backends which don't
>>>> override xref-backend-references. In which case this command searches
>>>> the current project using general purpose tools (one of semantic symref
>>>> tools, or Grep).
>>>>
>>>> But xref backend != current project. They're technically and
>>>> theoretically independent.
>>>
>>> So you are saying that it might bring me the wrong references once in
>>> a while? That's not good, is it?
>>
>> If an xref backend doesn't define the xref-backend-references method,
>> the alternative is no references at all.
>
> The alternative could be to start with the current directory, or ask
> the user.
Using the current directory will result in worse results almost always,
IME. Prompting the user every time is not a great experience either.
> But do we have xref backends that don't define the
> xref-backend-references method? If so, which ones don't?
Neither of the built-in ones does. :-)
>> Whether the current implementation will give wrong results, and how
>> often, is difficult for me to predict. It also depends on what we
>> consider a "wrong reference". etags and elisp backends don't always give
>> perfect results for "find definition" either.
>
> "Imperfect" and "completely wrong" is not the same at all. Searching
> the wrong directory hierarchy will get you the latter.
Perhaps. To get better results, the user will have to set up the project
configuration better.
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2020-06-11 23:03 bug#41821: 28.0.50; read-directory-name in vc commands should provide defaults from projects Juri Linkov
2020-06-12 13:43 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-18 23:28 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-20 1:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-20 23:51 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-21 0:12 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-21 22:49 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-22 0:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-22 23:45 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-23 0:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-23 23:59 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-24 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-24 14:52 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-06-24 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-24 15:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-24 15:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-24 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-24 18:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-24 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-24 18:44 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-24 23:25 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-25 11:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-25 13:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-25 13:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-25 16:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-25 16:45 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-25 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-25 17:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-25 17:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-25 17:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-25 18:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-25 18:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-25 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-27 23:51 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-28 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-28 21:55 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-28 21:51 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-28 22:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-29 22:58 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-30 12:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-30 20:50 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-30 21:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-01 14:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-01 20:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-02 13:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-02 14:43 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-02 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-02 19:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-03 5:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-03 10:23 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2020-07-03 11:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-03 13:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-01 22:10 ` Juri Linkov
2020-07-02 14:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-24 23:22 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-24 18:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-27 23:44 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-28 0:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-06-28 21:49 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-28 22:42 ` Dmitry Gutov
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2020-07-03 16:05 ` Drew Adams
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