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#19468
25.0.50; UI inconveniences with M-.
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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 #326 received at 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 02:24:59 +0300
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> CC: 19468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>
> That's not so easy to wrap in a global minor mode. I'm not even sure a minor
> mode would be a good approach here at all.
>
> Sorry, you lost me. What aspects prevent us from making a global
> minor mode that uses xref-etags-mode in all buffers?
>
> Um, yeah, it would work, if you want xref-etags-mode in *all* buffers at all, including those that might use yet another different backend.
Isn't that what a global mode is about?
> Where in the documentation would you mention the key bindings?
In the manual and in NEWS.
> Should those be `n' and `p' instead, by default? I've found myself using these
> bindings very rarely anyway, and `n' is still very close.
>
> Possibly.
>
> I'll wait for a stronger "yes" on this.
Isn't that a rhetorical question, given that 'n' and 'p' are already
bound to those movement commands?
> There's also "C-x `". Or maybe you should
> bring the equivalent of tags-loop-continue back ;-)
>
> We've already taken up its binding
A negative argument to it could call xref-pop-marker-stack, no?
> Would you be comfortable with forgetting the current list of errors after
> navigating somewhere with xref?
>
> No, I don't think so.
>
> But that what happens if you run a compilation (with errors), and then call Grep. Doesn't it?
No, because Grep and Compilation use different buffers for their
matches.
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