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Re: improve "next locus from <buffer>" messages


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: improve "next locus from <buffer>" messages
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:20:07 +0300

> From: Stephen Leake <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:50:20 -0800
> 
> Currently, next-error always outputs a message "next locus from
> <buffer>". In the vast majority of cases, <buffer> does not change from
> one message to the next, so this message is just annoying.
> 
> The attached patch changes it so the message is only output when the
> locus changes.
> 
> It also gets rid of the "first/current/previous" options; what matters
> is where the _next_ error will come from.
> 
> Comments?

Comment: why change long-time default behavior based on personal
preferences?  If indeed some people are annoyed by these simple
messages, maybe a defcustom is in order, but changing the default
behavior unconditionally due to such reasons sounds gross to me.

Thanks.



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