GNU bug report logs - #21969
VC opens new window to display minimal messages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:56:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Merged with 21518

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #34 received at 21969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, david.reitter <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#21969: VC opens new window to display minimal messages
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 18:45:17 +0200

On 11/22/2015 06:08 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Why not always show the output in a window, and remove the code that
> shows it in the echo area?

Because showing it in a buffer disturbs the window configuration, and 
you have to press `q' to quit it. Seems reasonable to want to avoid that 
when there's nothing to show.
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