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27.0.50; xref-goto-xref not configurable

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Message #461 received at 33870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 33870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#33870: 27.0.50; xref-goto-xref not configurable
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 22:53:34 +0000

After retesting and not being able to reproduce the problems anymore,
I pushed Juri's patch.

On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:34 PM João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> > behavior better.  The part of the current behavior where RET after
> > "C-x 4 ." makes a new window I don't like too much,
>
> I don't know if Juri description says it does, but I agree with you it
> shouldn't.
>
> > I think it would
> > be better to reuse the window where *xref* is shown.
>
> It does exactly this, in my tests.  Unless, of course, it has another
> available window besides the original one and the *xref* one.
>
> > So on balance I think we don't need to change the current UI.
>
> Yes, though I would like to at least try out Juri's proposal in practice
> day-to-day programming.
>
> > If that patch doesn't change the default behavior, I have nothing
> > against installing it on master.
>
> That's my position, too.  Apparently, Juri's patch makes it easy to
> switch between alternatives.
>
> > P.S. Sorry for a delay in responding, I had several urgent tasks that
> > ate up all my free time.
>
> No problem.
>
> João



-- 
João Távora

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