GNU bug report logs - #73577
Hint this is the final occur match

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Message #8 received at 73577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>, 73577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73577: Hint this is the final occur match
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:43:45 -0700

Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> Allow us to examine the messages from M-x occur and next-error:
>
>   You can run the command ‘occur’ with M-s o
>   Next locus from *Occur* [4 times]
>   occur-find-match: No more matches
>
> Better would be:
>
>   You can run the command ‘occur’ with M-s o
>   Next locus from *Occur* [3 times]
>   Final locus from *Occur*
>
> That's right. Alerting the user that they are now looking at the final
> match would help them avoid asking for another match when there are none!
>
> emacs-version "29.4"

IMO, "No more matches" is already clear.

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