GNU bug report logs - #21037
24.5; uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p does nothing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:36:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.5

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

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p does nothing
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:35:18 -0400

mkdir a b
echo _ > a/foo.txt
echo _ > b/foo.txt
emacs -Q -l uniquify --eval "(setq uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p
t)" a/foo.txt b/foo.txt

I don't get asked any questions about buffer name. There are no
references to uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p in uniquify.el except
for the definition and in the "Change Log" comments.

This option seems pretty useless to me (since the user can always
rename any buffer at any time), so I think removing it would be fine.
At any rate, having a non-functional option looks like a bug.
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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 21037-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21037: 24.5; uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p does nothing
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:54:06 -0400

> I don't get asked any questions about buffer name. There are no
> references to uniquify-ask-about-buffer-names-p in uniquify.el except
> for the definition and in the "Change Log" comments.

Indeed.

> This option seems pretty useless to me (since the user can always
> rename any buffer at any time), so I think removing it would be fine.
> At any rate, having a non-functional option looks like a bug.

Agreed, I just removed the defcustom.  Thank you,


        Stefan
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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