From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10999: delete-other-windows should say why nothing happens sometimes Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:15:10 +0800 Message-ID: <8762eaz6oh.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331533584 29666 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2012 06:26:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org To: 10999@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 12 07:26:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S6yi7-00014h-58 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:26:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40100 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S6yi6-0005ga-FX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Otherwise the user scratches his/her head wondering why nothing happens. Same with C-x o runs the command other-window. You might think it is OK for nothing to happen. But some of us think an explanation is due! Did I submit this bug before? Yes. So please reconsider.