[debbugs-tracker] bug#31921: closed (26.1.50; Add a convenient way to get flymake error at point)

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> 26.1.50; Add a convenient way to get flymake error at point
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> Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:45:58 -0300
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> Currently flymake gives a visual hint of an error location but to get the
> message of that error you need either to:
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> 1. Move the mouse over the error location and wait for a tooltip to
> appear.
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> 2. Move the point before (after) the error location and use the commands
> to get the next (previous) error.
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> Now 2 is clearly not ideal since it forces the user to locate the point in
> non-intuitive positions (intuitive position = where the error
> highlighting is) and to type long commands.
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> At first sight 1 seems to address this fact but, hey, the mouse?
> A tooltip delay? It's nice to have it but a standard keybinding is
> missing here IMO. Besides, it's not so easy to define a custom one since
> there is no error-at-point function, one has to get the point location,
> then the diagnostics for that location, then the text for those diagnostics.
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> In GNU Emacs 26.1.50 (build 3, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30)
>  of 2018-06-18 built on carlos
> Repository revision: 0a8b7f365cbc8de02ddb4e806dd76b1bf6302565
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000
> System Description:     Manjaro Linux
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> Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
> Making completion list...
> flymake-diagnostic-text: Wrong type argument: flymake--diag, 172
> Configured using:
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> Re: bug#31921: 26.1.50; Add a convenient way to get flymake error at point
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> Date: 
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> Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:33:16 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Carlos Pita <address@hidden> writes:
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> >>> So feel free to close this, but please add something wrt this in the
> >>> docstring or the info manual.
> >>
> >> In that case, it's better not to close it.  I've already read this
> >> complaint/request elsewhere.
> >
> > I don't know if `C-h .` was intended by design or is the result of
> > serendipity but it feels like the right solution to me
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> Neither I think, it's a side effect of good design and following
> conventions.
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> I pushed the docchange to master as 15f4cdd873.
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> >> So, if others are reading this, what do you think of making eldoc
> >> display the diagnostic at point instead of (along with?) whatever it was
> >> already displaying in the echo area?
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> > Many major modes already use eldoc to show information about the
> > symbol at point and the echo area is rather disputed by eldoc,
> > company, etc. I would avoid automatically messaging the error at point
> > to prevent excessive message switching. But it could be a
> > customization toggle.
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> Yeah, I'd go with Dmitry's suggestion in
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>    https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot/issues/8#issuecomment-399698728
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> where he demonstrates that you can customize this by using:
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>    (custom-set-variables
>     '(help-at-pt-timer-delay 0.1)
>     '(help-at-pt-display-when-idle '(flymake-diagnostic)))
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> Though, in my testing, this always defers to eldoc (which is probably
> the intended behavior).
>
> João
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