From: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 33992@debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#33992: 27.0.50; xref-find-definitions wastes too much space
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:23:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALDnm528fSjNDvPSFMZ+7-1KPtEf4jDr1BCuXfRCeSuifTsy4g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a7hp43a5.fsf@mail.linkov.net>
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:35 PM Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:
> >> As noted in bug#33870 the buffer produced by xref-find-definitions
> >> (bound to ‘M-.’) has a transient nature like the *Completions* buffer.
> >> Therefore it makes sense not to waste its space needlessly:
> >
> > It doesn't make sense to review this patch until the patch that fixes
> 33870
> > has been produced.
>
> Since the patch from bug#33870 has been already committed,
> this bug#33992 is undeadlocked now.
>
> The problem with xref-find-definitions is its unexpected outcome:
> sometimes it pops up a window, sometimes doesn't.
>
> It's like Russian roulette: pull the trigger, bang and there is
> a hole in the screen that takes the form of glaringly empty space.
>
I understand, but somehow I'm not very offended by that. It's just
something I've grown so used to, even before xref. Just C-h f to
a function description of which you know nothing of the length
and boom, a lot of empty space too.
While I do vaguely remember being annoyed by it many years ago,
I don't now. And for xref I like to see it well highlighted away from any
other text, so I can easily count the references. Displaying next to the
minibuffer are would surround it with more noise.
It's just the way I work. Fortunately now it is customizable, right? How
about
adding an entry to the manual, in the xref section, mentioning a couple of
commands or customization variables that can be used to get the interface
that you prefer, Juri?
João
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-05 23:43 bug#33992: 27.0.50; xref-find-definitions wastes too much space Juri Linkov
2019-01-06 11:03 ` João Távora
2019-03-20 21:37 ` Juri Linkov
2019-03-20 23:23 ` João Távora [this message]
2019-04-04 0:02 ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-04-04 20:49 ` Juri Linkov
2019-04-04 23:06 ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-04-05 9:44 ` Felician Nemeth
2019-04-05 23:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-04-06 21:08 ` Juri Linkov
2019-04-06 21:03 ` Juri Linkov
2019-05-02 23:05 ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-05-15 20:57 ` Juri Linkov
2019-05-15 22:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2019-05-28 20:35 ` Juri Linkov
2019-06-10 0:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
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