Re: Edebug corrupting point in buffers.

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Eli.

On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 13:24:06 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 20:25:12 +0000
> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>

> > > > > The node you added is very short, barely a dozen lines.  It makes
> > > > > little sense to have it separate from where edebug-save-windows is
> > > > > described.  So I think you should move it there.  The location of the
> > > > > node inside the manual's hierarchy is much less important than to have
> > > > > the information pertaining to edebug-save-windows in a single place,
> > > > > because no one reads the ELisp reference manual in its entirety.  The
> > > > > only thing we need to facilitate people finding this place is add good
> > > > > index entries there.

> > > > So you're proposing leaving the "The outside context" node incomplete,
> > > > according to its clearly defined purpose, and therefore wrong?  Why?

> > > If you want, you can add a short sentence there about the issue, with
> > > a cross-reference to where the issue is described in full.

> > "There"?  There is no suitable place to put such a link, other than my
> > new node.  Such a strategy would unbalance "The Outside Context" by
> > having most of its contents in subsubsections, and the bit about point
> > corruption at the other end of a link, in some random page.

> > As a matter of interest, one of the other nodes under "The Outside
> > Context", namely "Checking Whether to Stop" has just 13 lines.

> > > This is how we organize our manuals: when some topic could be relevant
> > > to more than one situation, we describe it in full in one place, and
> > > have short references in all the others.

> > We should describe it in the PRIMARY relevant place.

> > > > Remember, this patch is not about edebug-save-windows.  It's about point
> > > > getting corrupted.

> > > The index entries and the cross-references should solve this.  And the
> > > issue _is_ related to edebug-save-windows ....

> > It is only tangentially related to edebug-save-windows.  It is about
> > point getting corrupted.  An angry victim of this bug should be be able
> > to find the description by searching for "corrupt".

> > > .... and to the other similar option described in the same node.  So
> > > having all of this info there makes the description more
> > > comprehensive.

> > Yes, stuff about options belongs in the "Options" page.  Stuff about
> > point getting corrupted does not, except at the other end of a link.

> Instead of continuing this endless argument, I prefer to fix this
> myself, using your text where appropriate.  Are you okay with that?

Yes, I think that would be best.  Please do take account of my points
about the "The Outside Context", and put the phrase "corrupted point" (or
something like it) in somewhere.

Thanks!

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).