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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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>, 21969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21969: VC opens new window to display minimal messages
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:21:28 +0200

On 11/21/2015 03:55 PM, David Reitter wrote:
> At some point on the way to Emacs 25, VC has begun creating new windows to display messages that would more appropriately fit into the echo area.

I can reproduce this, thanks.

> For example, you do C-x =, it’ll display a “no revisions between working revision and work file” message.  But that is shown in the echo area AND a newly created window.

Are there other commands doing the same? It seems we might have to fix 
that separately in each of them.
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