From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21969: VC opens new window to display minimal messages Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:44 -0500 Message-ID: <906518FC-CA8A-408D-88CC-A44553EB66C6@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.0 \(3094\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448114187 31512 80.91.229.3 (21 Nov 2015 13:56:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:56:27 +0000 (UTC) To: 21969@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 21 14:56:16 2015 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 1a08eC-000419-AA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:56:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52405 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08eB-0001ih-Pm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:56:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08e6-0001iQ-PK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:56:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08e3-0000OY-Jx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:56:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:56986) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08e3-0000OS-G0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:56:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a08e2-0006f6-RU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:56:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: David Reitter Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 21969 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.144811415525590 (code B ref -1); Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Nov 2015 13:55:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46694 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a08du-0006ef-Me for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:55 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58645) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a08dr-0006eU-Es for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08dq-0000Mr-4z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:50 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:41973) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08dq-0000Mn-1s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40410) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08dp-0001ZP-BP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08dm-0000LW-5M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qk0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22c]:36070) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a08dm-0000LS-24 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:55:46 -0500 Original-Received: by qkda6 with SMTP id a6so45303350qkd.3 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 05:55:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:message-id:date :to:mime-version; bh=aR17k4C/6qUoHHP07b2FJ+u967bO+zH/Lgm0pSjWdSw=; b=xnZ78qreygNFEHoKFBVYpKLhnNXFrs1o5JOdghgKcB/9UGESLNcO1UCKvC0OmwgH60 aV7kQ199N0KWtDNlJVsT/HGiWR8wa/o0GGRu+yJrAfsxi9AryTzG5F/dbNNaGWXAfuJL SQEPotrv0PysR7p1KWiK58/f5lATs40YzXzvYFp7YLNyzztBAcNV5DyhfMC9tQZhc6db NN2fXIhdlZ8L7NkL8SvJf6yNx0pYtwqhy1dkdtk0SMT0sOEJcbZEQHy4PeflJpJadMbY N+uVzEHk+T6VACNzqaQMR5XtdAM7/PSmQjtjAJDc3c6UgTI7Q32eZ91JYH7Z83OKFbvh 5GOA== X-Received: by 10.55.203.151 with SMTP id u23mr17741908qkl.84.1448114145701; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 05:55:45 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.23] (c-71-58-212-112.hsd1.pa.comcast.net. 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X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:109014 Archived-At: At some point on the way to Emacs 25, VC has begun creating new windows = to display messages that would more appropriately fit into the echo = area. For example, you do C-x =3D, it=E2=80=99ll display a =E2=80=9Cno = revisions between working revision and work file=E2=80=9D message. But = that is shown in the echo area AND a newly created window. The consequence is that the user has to get rid of the superfluous mini = window. Also, mistakes happen - i.e., opening a new file, the new = buffer will display in a window that is only one line high, so one=E2=80=99= s got to deal with that. Bottomline, this shouldn=E2=80=99t happen. Use the echo area = appropriately unless there=E2=80=99s really something to display.=