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bug#35352: 26.2; Xref: (1) no activity indication, (2) no other-window o
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#35352: 26.2; Xref: (1) no activity indication, (2) no other-window opening |
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Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:15:57 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> `dired-do-find-regexp':
>
> 1. After entering the regexp there is no feedback telling you that Emacs
> has started searching. Nada. If you happen to have a search that
> takes more than a few seconds you can really begin to wonder what, if
> anything, is going on. Emacs convention is to say SOMETHING -
> typically something like "Searching..." - and then to follow that up
> with an indication when the activity is done -
> e.g. "Searching...done".
Makes sense. I've now made this change in Emacs 28.
> 2. There doesn't seem to be any key binding that opens a search hit in a
> new window or frame. I don't want Emacs to replace the source Dired
> buffer in its window.
>
> In my case buffer `*xref*' is in its own dedicated window, in its own
> frame (the buffer is a special-display buffer, based on its name.
> Perhaps such a use case wasn't tested? Typically Emacs provides
> _some_ key to open things in another window or frame.
Well, it depends on the mode. For instance, I don't think `M-x grep'
has any command to open in a new window/frame, and I don't think we want
to add all those commands to all these modes because users want so many
different combinations here that it's best left to the general
buffer/window selection machinery.
But... on the other hand, perhaps a standard set of commands (and
keystrokes) for these "follow this 'link'" modes would be nice? Anybody
got an opinion here?
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