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bug#17111: 24.3.50; server: C-x # inconsistent and barely documented
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#17111: 24.3.50; server: C-x # inconsistent and barely documented |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:31:23 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I don't want to call anything here a bug too loudly, because I don't
> know which behavior was intended, and it's hard to guess without any
> doc.
IIUC the behavior was "designed" without taking into account the many
different use cases (e.g. it was designed in a single-frame context), so
there is probably no such thing as a "behavior [that] was intended" for
those cases you mention.
> But server.el is probably one of the things most newbies try first
> with Emacs, so it would be a good advertisement if C-x # would be better
> documented and the behavior would be consistent.
I think C-x # deserves a good rethink/redesign, yes.
Stefan