GNU bug report logs - #44334
28.0.50; [eldoc] Impossible to avoid creating the *eldoc for xxx* buffer

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Message #14 received at 44334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 44334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#44334: 28.0.50; [eldoc] Impossible to avoid creating the
 *eldoc for xxx* buffer
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:36:11 +0000

João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The buffer is an implementation detail for the member of 
> eldoc-display-functions that writes to the echo area,
> so it's hard to do away with.  However, it should be reasonably 
> easy to "hide it", as Xu suggests, by prefixing its name with a
> space. The the eldoc-display-in-eldoc-buffer display function
> just renames it to not have that space, promoting it 
> to visible.

So the space-prefixed buffer name can (should?) be the default?

Thanks,

-- 
Basil

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