GNU bug report logs - #19468
25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #167 received at 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19468: 25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:32:35 +0300
On 04/27/2015 10:15 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> We shouldn't treat the Emacs core as second-rate citizen, either.  A
> feature as central to code development and Emacs in general as finding
> definitions and references of symbols cannot thrive only (or mainly)
> outside the core, IMO.

So? What are you doing to help with that? Are you asking anyone 
currently participating in this thread to work on CEDET?

> Where did you see me say I dislike it?  I'm just saying that learning
> a new UI for the sake of a new UI is a waste.  I _am_ prepared to
> learn a new UI if it brings new useful functionality with it.

The new UI itself brings tangible improvements by itself, as well as a 
unified interface that can (and hopefully will) be used by different 
projects. I don't know how you don't see the value in that.




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