Subject: Re: bug#49774: 27.1; if diff commands finds no differences then do not pop up a window

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:24:29 +0200

ndame <[email-masked]> writes:

> The other possibility is not popping up the diff window instantly, but
> waiting for the first output to arrive.

That's also been discussed extensively during the M-x man wars, and it's
a horrible UX -- having windows popping up asynchronously at some later
point is disruptive and confusing, so we don't do that.

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