Re: Emacs bug 37890; killing capture buffer

[Ihor Radchenko]

Dear Michael,

> BTW, what is the canonical place to report org-mode bugs?  Emacs bug
> reports are not (takes a long time until someone even notices) -- I
> thought this list would be good...or is there a better place?   @Adam
> it's ok if you answer, though I'm a bit disappointed that no one else
> seems to care so far...

You can try M-x org-submit-bug-report ;)
Then it becomes clear that you are in the right place already. 

Best,
Ihor


Michael Heerdegen <address@hidden> writes:

> Adam Porter <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I guess you're asking me, since I'm the only other person in this
>> thread--but I'm not an Org maintainer, so my opinion isn't very
>> important.  IMO, the hooks are worth considering, however they should be
>> done very, very carefully, because bad things can happen when functions
>> called in kill hooks don't work as expected (e.g. they can make it very
>> difficult to kill a buffer or the Emacs process, especially for an
>> average user).
>
> Yes, all true.  I didn't even check if the code I posted breaks any org
> commands that kill the buffer.  So far it's only meant for demonstration
> (and my personal usage).
>
> Will my request be noticed here, or do you think I should report it to
> some other place?
>
>> > BTW, what about my question whether my original bug report can be
>> > closed?
>>
>> I haven't seen your bug report.  Was there discussion about it
>> previously?
>
> No, no discussion at all.  As I said, it is Emacs bug #37890, this was
> my issue:
>
> | I want to capture an APPT with `org-capture'.  I the pop-up buffer to
> | edit the item I move the date to the second line and add text after the
> | date (personal preference).  That loses the final newline in
> | CAPTURE-todo.org.  As a result, the headline of the item following the
> | item to be inserted gets appended to the last line of the text:
> |
> | ** APPT Abc
> |    <2019-10-23 Mi>
> | text... ** APPT 8:30 Important Appointment
> |
> | breaking the whole item.  The user should somehow be prevented from that
> | happening.
>
> It seems it has been resolved, just without noticing my bug report.  If
> you can confirm that the cited issue has been cared about, I'll close it
> as done.
>
> BTW, what is the canonical place to report org-mode bugs?  Emacs bug
> reports are not (takes a long time until someone even notices) -- I
> thought this list would be good...or is there a better place?   @Adam
> it's ok if you answer, though I'm a bit disappointed that no one else
> seems to care so far...
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael.
>