bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.

[Helmut Eller]

On Tue, Dec 30 2014, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>, 19468@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:19:18 +0100
>> 
>> >> Why doesn't it put me on "display_line"s line, and display its
>> >> definition at the same time?
>> 
>> As Dmitry says: that would replace the current buffer and at the same
>> time create and switch to the *xref* buffer.  I had tried that and it
>> didn't like it.
>
> But that's what the old M-. did,

No, find-tag didn't display a list of candidates.

> so it should be at least an option,
> IMO.

As I said: been there, done that, didn't like it.

Helmut