From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Annoying paren match messages in minibuffer Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231855517 6257 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2009 14:05:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Geoff Gole , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 13 15:06:28 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LMjtn-00068J-Gl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:05:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35026 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LMjsW-00084a-W7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:04:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LMjof-0005W2-JY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LMjoe-0005VB-TI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34202 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LMjoe-0005Up-9I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41271) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LMjoc-0000yG-Dr; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:22 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-28.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.28]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n0DE0qvH006930; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:52 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D2B0B1C15A; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:26:03 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3187=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:107819 Archived-At: >> Maybe the problem can be fixed by changing the way the message is >> displayed. E.g. it could be displayed as " [unmatched paren]" at the >> end of the minibuffer input, as is done for minibuffer >> completion messages. > I think all messages should be. I've used experimental code to do that > in the past, and it was _really_ nice. No stupid awkward pauses and > annoyance like the current method, everything just seemed *right*. That's my experience as well. What was that experimental code of yours? Stefan