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bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuratio
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode |
Date: |
Thu, 06 May 2021 13:15:00 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 09:57:04 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
> cc: 48249@debbugs.gnu.org, dima@secretsauce.net
>
> > More generally, that's development for you; without risking such
> > destabilization from time to time we can never afford significant
> > improvements. The important question is: will the new-and-improved
> > behavior be useful or won't it?
>
> Indeed perhaps the most important question here is: is this a "significant
> improvement"? IMO, the answer is clearly "no".
I know, and I think that opinion makes your judgment of the results
too severe.
> > Yes, of course. The introduction of bidirectional editing support
> > during development of Emacs 24.1 comes to mind.
>
> That was, of course, a significant improvement that was worth taking the
> risk of destabilization.
I wish you were here when that was introduced and heard some of the
opinions voiced back then (and still being voiced from time to time).
bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2021/05/06
bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2021/05/06
bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode, Alan Mackenzie, 2021/05/06
bug#48249: 28.0.50; Regression: emacs confused about window configuration due to ido-mode and/or winner-mode, Alan Mackenzie, 2021/05/07