GNU bug report logs - #78904
30.1; in a long directory pathname, "Cannot write backup file" is output with a spurious blank line

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Message #13 received at 78904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78904: 30.1; in a long directory pathname, "Cannot write
 backup file" is output with a spurious blank line
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:30:32 +0200

On 2025-06-26 12:22:11 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> If you switch to the *Messages* buffer, do you see there a message
> like this:
> 
>   Saving file /home/vinc17/a-very-very-very-very-very-very-long-directory-pathname
> 
> ?

I'm wondering whether this is useful as it is not visible:
immediately overwritten by "Cannot write backup file...".

> If so, this is the long message, shown before the "Cannot write
> backup file", and it causes the mini-window to resize to 2 screen
> lines instead of just 1.  This resize remains in effect for the
> following echo-area messages, to avoid the annoying back-and-forth
> jumps of the mode line.

OK, but this is not what I observe: it reduces to just 1 line for

Wrote /home/vinc17/a-very-very-very-very-very-very-long-directory-pathname/foo

So this seems inconsistent.

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