From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3806: 23.1.50; rename-uniquely doc Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:27 -0500 Message-ID: <86liobeokg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87bpnsevls.fsf@escher.local.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328820383 32165 80.91.229.3 (9 Feb 2012 20:46:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:46:23 +0000 (UTC) To: 3806-done@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 09 21:46:22 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvask-0004RJ-IP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38331 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvaez-0006t1-Nl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:05 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52169) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvaes-0006rN-II for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvaeo-000861-VM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:58 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58702) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvaeo-00085l-ST for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvafv-0000Ij-JR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:03 -0500 Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 3806 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 3806@debbugs.gnu.org, rgm@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by 3806-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D3806.13288195601115 (code D ref 3806); Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3806-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Feb 2012 20:32:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34091 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RvafX-0000Hw-8e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:39 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:59083 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RvafV-0000Hp-C1 for 3806-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:38 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RvaeN-0004KI-Fw; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:27 -0500 X-Spook: MDA Merlin IMF Compsec Ermes ARPA dictionary Zachawi X-Ran: 1]uYdN@@5}KJ|#O)Xq?=bBWvcu`/oJE~9L<\T#awoT10t?.8/~MJZ/Favgz(Q+c&'>`V5W X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87bpnsevls.fsf@escher.local.home> (Stephen Berman's message of "Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:27:27 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:56738 Archived-At: Version: 24.0.94 Stephen Berman wrote: > The last, parenthetical, sentence in particular is important > information, and I think it should also be in the doc string, OK, I added something about this. > And for this reason, I also think it should be more specific, not just > listing "some of these features" that require switching out of the > uniquely renamed buffer, but all such known "features". I don't think it is possible or desirable to give a comprehensive list (it may just be compilation-based modes). > However, the manual appears to be out of date, or just inaccurate: > invoking Info from within a uniquely renamed Info buffer does not > overwrite it but opens new Info buffer, as I just confirmed with -Q. I happened to change this recently. > If `M-x info' has indeed been "fixed" wrt rename-uniquely, then can't > `M-x {r,l}grep' and `M-x compile' likewise be fixed? (I haven't tested > compile for this, but the grep commands do indeed, annoyingly, require > switching buffers.) Since the requirement is documented, it is not > strictly a bug, but the behavior is suboptimal and if, as with Info, it > can be changed, then I think it should be. I can submit a separate bug > for that. It's a deliberate feature of compilation-buffer-name. A new wishlist bug would be appropriate if you would like to see that changed.