GNU bug report logs - #14382
appearance of vc-log header separator line

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Message #26 received at 14382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 14382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#14382: 24.3.50; Strange display bug
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 11:31:51 +0400

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> Maybe we should add a check that the header is not empty, and only show
>> the separator in that case.
>
> We could, tho normally the header should never be empty.

It starts empty and a user may temporarily put an empty line at the
beginning of the buffer for whatever reason, like in this bug's
scenario.

Figuring out what's this black line for and how to go above it ("my
cursor disappeared!") is not effortless.

> It should normally start with a content along the lines of
> "Summary:\nAuthor:\n\n".

Huh?

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