From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: ndame <laszlomail@protonmail.com>
Cc: 49774@debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#49774: 27.1; if diff commands finds no differences then do not pop up a window
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 12:03:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tukcqfta.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <UG0nXcnbA-ndu79JvqrMYLuO-xizFzNOAWrAKzd82zDkuq1F8I3dgwBNp9BDdB2DY7285F6PyOQJJMiTLt5OkiiYjg8Do5zcGcOaimV0im8=@protonmail.com> (ndame's message of "Fri, 30 Jul 2021 04:18:51 +0000")
ndame <laszlomail@protonmail.com> writes:
>> That would require it to wait until Diff has finished running before
>> showing the window. Currently 'M-x diff' works asynchronously, which has
>> its benefits.
>
> If exit status is zero then diff should restore the previous window config
> automatically and show the message.
This is what `M-x man' does (when it turns out that the manual page
doesn't exist), and people really dislike that, too (the "flickering"
has been reported as a bug multiple times).
So I don't think we want to extend that user experience in Emacs.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2021-07-29 16:59 bug#49774: 27.1; if diff commands finds no differences then do not pop up a window ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-07-30 1:18 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-07-30 4:18 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-07-30 10:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-07-30 11:19 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-07-30 11:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-30 11:47 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-07-30 11:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-30 11:58 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-07-30 12:44 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-07-30 13:19 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-07-30 18:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-31 21:06 ` Juri Linkov
2021-07-31 22:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-02 1:07 ` Richard Stallman
2022-08-22 10:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-30 18:28 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-08-16 18:29 ` ndame via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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