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bug#10873: 24.0.93; `report-emacs-bug' obscures bug-reporting buffer (!)


From: Drew Adams
Subject: bug#10873: 24.0.93; `report-emacs-bug' obscures bug-reporting buffer (!)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:00:57 -0800 (PST)

> They can always display that window when they want to.  They know it
> existed, so they will know where and how to look.

Yes, that's probably OK, if the window is not deleted.

But that can be quite cumbersome for users.  Some might not even
know how to display it.  I would hope that this approach to a
solution is not necessary.

I would sooner see the report window and the help window combined.
And perhaps shown in a separate frame.  I think that would interfere
the least with the user's context.

> OTOH, having the bug-report buffer not show at all is much worse: a
> user who is not very fluent in reporting bugs, or maybe even does that
> for the first time, will never know what to look for.
> 
> > So to be sure: Does the present report warrant the proposed solution?
> 
> If you can propose a better one that has fewer potential problems, I'm
> all ears.  If not, let's solve this bug that way.  We must solve it.

See above: Why not a separate frame for reporting?  (At least for
the graphic-display case.  I don't even know whether or how this
bug manifests itself for the console case.)





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