Re: [Nano-devel] RFC: what to do with bug #49423?

[Benno Schulenberg]

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016, at 20:28, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 23 Oct 2016 20:34, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > However, this bug is old (since at least nano-2.2.1),
> > so maybe users have come to expect to be able to close
> > a buffer-with-command-output without having to say No?
> > 
> > What do you say?  Should it be fixed?  Or left as is?
> 
> you've already committed this, but i think your general point here
> is useful to cover
> 
> i hit edge cases from time to time where nano doesn't behave in a
> consistent manner.  by the time my muscle memory has recovered,
> i've gotten past where i was stuck, and i can't recreate it.  so
> in cases like this, i'd lean towards making it consistent and how
> you'd expect it to rather than "it's been this way for a long time
> but no one has complained, so maybe people want it".  i'm not sure
> people do want it, they just can't recreate enough to file a bug.

Yes, good point.  I agree.

Benno

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