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Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here |
Date: |
Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:35:29 -0800 |
David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Sat, Mar 08 2008, Richard Stallman wrote:
> >
> >> I dunno, maybe it's just a personal foible, but emacs the "diff"
command
> >> used to add this sort of terminator line (haven't noticed recently)
sort
> >> of terminator string, and I always found it very annoying -- it
probably
> >> doesn't cause anything to _break_ but it was like an ugly little
wart,
> >> and I always ended up going to extra effort to delete it when saving
the
> >> output.
> >>
> >> I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
> >
> > Before "Diffs between %s and %s end here" was removed, several people
> > reported to be distracted or annoyed by it. See the thread on
> > emacs-devel in January[1]. Nobody spoke up in favor of it when Glenn
> > announced to "remove it in a week or so if no-one objects."
> >
> >> If there is no other reason for its removal, we should put it back
> >> in.
> >
> > Please don't (at least provide an option to turn it off).
> >
> > When I produce a diff before committing a change, I often want to make
> > sure the no unintended/other changes crept in. I expect to see
> > exactly the diffs, not some disturbing additional lines. Even after
> > seeing it several weeks (but not using diff very frequently), I still
> > found it distracting.[1]
>
> Maybe we should put informational messages like that as an (evaporating)
> afterstring overlay on the final LF character? That way they would not
> be copied anywhere.
That sounds good, as long as M-w and insert-buffer don't copy that
string.
But the main question remains: is it worth doing it? We already have the
mode-line notification, does adding another type provide a significant
benefit for the user?
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, (continued)
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/06
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Miles Bader, 2008/03/06
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/07
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Jan Djärv, 2008/03/07
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/07
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/07
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Jan Djärv, 2008/03/08
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/08
- Diffs between %s and %s end here (was: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator), Reiner Steib, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here,
Dan Nicolaescu <=
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Glenn Morris, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Glenn Morris, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/09
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/09
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/09