From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5122: Mismatched parentheses when dealing with huge buffercontent Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:47:04 +0200 Message-ID: <838wdhjdpj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ocmdw33d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260050875 14078 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2009 22:07:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 23:07:48 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NH2n4-0007Tl-Pl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:07:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46954 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2n4-00065B-89 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2mr-00060s-FO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2mn-0005zB-Rv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58070 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH2mn-0005yv-Dk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:36862) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NH2mm-0006Br-TP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:29 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5M7PQ2006870; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:07:26 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB5Lt6ll004689; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:55:06 -0800 Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:55:06 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:55:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5122 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5122-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B5122.12600497574102 (code B ref 5122); Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:55:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5122) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Dec 2009 21:49:17 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il (mtaout21.012.net.il [80.179.55.169]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5LnFFG004097 for <5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:49:17 -0800 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KU7005008FB8P00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:49:09 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.213.252]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KU7003IJ8LUJB50@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:49:09 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87ocmdw33d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:33 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33284 Archived-At: > From: Chong Yidong > Cc: 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com > Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:57:58 -0500 > > > I think it's better to modify the echo area message, such that if > > Emacs hits the blink-matching-paren-distance limit (as opposed to > > hitting point-min), the message says something like > > > > Mismatched parentheses (within blink-matching-paren-distance) > > Error messages shouldn't be so verbose---they can't spell out every bell > and whistle related to the error. I'd say adding a couple of words is hardly verbose, and certainly isn't spelling out every detail. > I prefer leaving things the way they are. And leave users without a clue? how's that preferable?