GNU bug report logs - #49774
27.1; if diff commands finds no differences then do not pop up a window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 49774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#49774: 27.1; if diff commands finds no differences then do not pop up a window
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:24:29 +0200

ndame <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com> 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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