GNU bug report logs - #41879
28.0.50; [Patch]: Add project-switch-to-buffer in project.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>

Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #112 received at 41879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>,
 Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>
Cc: 41879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#41879: 28.0.50; [Patch]: Add project-switch-to-buffer in
 project.el
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 03:43:19 +0300
On 18.06.2020 22:35, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
> FWIW, it is unclear what "open" means in this context, as it is not a
> term commonly used to describe buffers.  Possible alternatives include
> whether it's displayed somewhere or buried, whether it's live or killed,
> etc.

And it's not like any command is going to help you switch to a killed 
buffer.

"Open" sounds like a tautology indeed.

Here's a option from me: "Switch to another buffer belonging to the 
current project".

But personally, I think the current docstring is easy to understand already.




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