Re: [Bug: 21.5-b32] Crash in display-message-or-buffer

Mats Lidell writes: I'm guessing that this is a file containing functions implemented in GNU Emacs that aren't in XEmacs. If so: Did you byte-compile this file with the XEmacs you're using? If you use an .elc compiled by 21.5 in a 21.4, or an .elc compiled by GNU in any XEmacs, I wouldn't be surprised if you can crash XEmacs. AFAIK the git mode preferred by 9 out of 10 dentists is magit.el. That doesn't mean we couldn't offer both, but I guess I would put priority on magit if you're asking my opinion. (Of course the mode with a volunteer to maintain it will win, or at least get in first!) I think it's a function we'd be better off without. The idea is that you can pass an arbitrarily long message as a string or a buffer, and it will either display in the echo area if short "enough", or pop up a buffer. But the arguments are crufty, the functionality is basically available with `message' and C-x b " *Message-Log*" RET, and probably improving with-displaying-help-buffer and friends would be a better way to implement the basic idea. Of course if there's enough code using the function we probably need to implement it in the name of compatibility. Steve _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta