GNU bug report logs - #43205
28.0.50; Eldoc protocol not useful for third-party packages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 16:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 43205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43205: 28.0.50; Eldoc protocol not useful for third-party packages
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 15:03:24 -0400


> On Sep 4, 2020, at 2:32 PM, João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Acknowledged. The latest eldoc in master is a work in progress.This in on my to-do list. Soon I'll improve the documentation, as well as specifying what the "display engine" is supposed to be.
> 
> I think, this will be quite useful when (re) designing your eldoc-box extension, Yuan. Maybe that extension could even be included into Emacs itself.

Indeed, I’m looking at the new eldoc to see if I can remove some unnecessary complications introduced by the incompetence of the old protocol. Thanks for working on this.

Yuan
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