From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5122: Mismatched parentheses when dealing with huge buffercontent Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:11:09 -0500 Message-ID: <87d42trs02.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ocmdw33d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <838wdhjdpj.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260052115 17543 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2009 22:28:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 23:28:28 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 1NH376-0006oL-3z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:28:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51395 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH375-0002uH-Ie for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:28:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH36F-0002VP-D0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:27:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NH36A-0002Ps-Da for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:27:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40852 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH36A-0002PZ-32 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:27:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:51904) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NH369-0007Y1-Lz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:27:30 -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 nB5MRPQ8008980; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:27:27 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB5MF602007666; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:15:06 -0800 Resent-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:15:06 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:15:06 +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=B5122.12600510787434 (code B ref 5122); Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:15:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5122) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Dec 2009 22:11:18 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.101]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB5MBGm3007428 for <5122@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:11:17 -0800 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036204110.central.yale.edu [128.36.204.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nB5MBB2w015917 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:11:11 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 26985C071; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:11:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <838wdhjdpj.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:47:04 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:27:34 -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:33288 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> 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? The circumstances in which the parenthesis are mismatched probably vastly outweigh the circumstances in which the user wants to change blink-matching-paren-distance. So, it is arguably more confusing to the average user if the error message mumbles something about blink-matching-paren-distance. For those who care, it's an apropos search away.