GNU bug report logs - #33870
27.0.50; xref-goto-xref not configurable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 20:53:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #257 received at 33870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, João Távora
 <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33870: 27.0.50; xref-goto-xref not configurable
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 05:37:24 +0300
On 14.01.2019 00:54, Juri Linkov wrote:
> I don't dislike the current interface, thanks for working on what it
> does well.  But please don't assume that the current UI is so perfect,
> there is no way to make it better.

I wouldn't say it's perfect either, it's still kind of idiosyncratic. 
Not sure your patch will fix that problem, though, instead of just 
swinging it the other way.

We basically have two use cases:

* Jump to this symbol, in this/that window/frame. 
windmove-display-in-direction should probably affect where the target 
buffer ends up, irrespective of whether we have to pop up an *xref* 
buffer to resolve any duplicate matches.

* Show a list of search results. Arguably, in this case 
windmove-display-in-direction should affect where the *xref* buffer is 
displayed.

Neither of y'all's patches solve this, I believe.




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