GNU bug report logs - #5054
23.1.50; buffer-menu truncated fields

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:10:05 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 7271

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #70 received at 5054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 5054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5054: 23.1.50; buffer-menu truncated fields
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:50:34 +0200

> Does the weird behavior of `man' result from the fact that it doesn't
> know what to display in the new window until formatting completes?

Yes, and the only reasonable way to fix this weirdness is to do what
other similar Emacs commands do (e.g. `compile' and `grep'): first display
the output buffer, and later when the formatted output is ready, put it
to this buffer.  Just imagine how unfriendly it would be if `compile'/`grep'
worked like `man' currently works by waiting while the shell command is
finished, and then suddenly popping up the output buffer!

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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