GNU bug report logs - #79070
[PATCH] Fix macOS dictation post NSTextInputClient migration in v30

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com>

Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 76765, 76771

Found in version 30.1

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #163 received at 79070 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com>, gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com
Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com, shipmints <at> gmail.com, 79070 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 kickingvegas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#79070: [PATCH] Fix macOS dictation post NSTextInputClient
 migration in v30
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:02:05 +0300
> From: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com>
> Cc: shipmints <at> gmail.com,  gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com,  79070 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   kickingvegas <at> gmail.com,  stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:06:46 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Are you sure you sent the right patch?  The text in PROBLEMS 
> > looks the
> > same to me.
> 
> Yup, but there were separate PROBLEMS entries and worded 
> differently. I like your proposed format better. Changed in 
> 0007-Enabled-macOS-dictation-post-NSTextInputClient-migration.patch
> 
> > What I had in mind is something like this:
> >
> >  ** Text dictation doesn't work on macOS
> >
> >  The indication is that <describe here what users will see>.
> >
> >  One reason for this is that the Emacs permissions for using the
> >  microphone were rejected in the past.  To reset the 
> >  permissions, run
> >  this command:
> >
> > etc.
> 
> Looks good to me. Adopted in attached patch.
> 
> > How about explaining some of this in NEWS?  If the UI looks a 
> > bit
> > different, users could be confused, so maybe we should tell them 
> > it's
> > a bit different?
> 
> Sounds good. Mentioned in NEWS now.

Thanks, LGTM.  Gerd, could you please install on master?




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