Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5ED431FB6 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:44:53 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5OyEsxHbDOOq for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:44:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 290A8431FAF for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:44:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from fctnnbsc30w-156034082078.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net ([156.34.82.78] helo=zancas.localnet) by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ToZIu-0004iz-Re; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:44:48 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ToZIp-0003xl-3x; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:44:43 -0400 From: David Bremner To: Mark Walters , Austin Clements Subject: Re: [PATCH] emacs: tweak error buffer handling In-Reply-To: <87ip7my2er.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> References: <1356209345-11712-1-git-send-email-markwalters1009@gmail.com> <87k3s4fnz8.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> <20121227230402.GY6187@mit.edu> <87ip7my2er.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+229~g5a1b22e (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:44:43 -0400 Message-ID: <87wqw2pcqs.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam_bar: - Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:44:53 -0000 Mark Walters writes: > Austin Clements writes: >> How about showing all errors in the minibuffer (which could simply >> mean calling (error ...) and letting the Emacs top-level show it in >> the mini-buffer)? We could log the verbose error details (like >> stdout) to some other buffer that we don't automatically show, but >> instead simply reference from the minibuffer message > > That sounds great. In an ideal world we could behave slightly > differently for fatal errors but the common errors are likely to be > transient (locked database errors) so getting these right (which this > would do) seems the important step. > > My view is that we should push a fix like the above for 0.15. What do > other people think? Sounds reasonable. I have to admit the new reporting is a bit annoying for transient messages. d