GNU bug report logs - #17768
24.3; problem with two ruler-mode windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andrea Rossetti <andrea.rossetti <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Andrea Rossetti <andrea.rossetti <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, andrea.rossetti <at> gmail.com, 17768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17768: 24.3; problem with two ruler-mode windows
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:05:17 -0400

>> This means that we shouldn't provide `posn-col-row' in the first place
>> which I'd consider the best solution.
> I see no reason to delete well established APIs, just because Emacs
> overgrew the time when they were named.

We could consider obsoleting the function if we thing that its use is
either less convenient than alternatives, or tends to lead to bugs which
don't affect the alternative.

I don't know enough posn-col-row's uses to judge.


        Stefan
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