GNU bug report logs - #34477
Fleeting docview warning revealed on slow computers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:13:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>

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bug#34477; Package emacs. (Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:13:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Fleeting docview warning revealed on slow computers
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 23:01:48 +0800
On a super slow computer, doc-view.el's

    ;; Typically happens if the conversion process somehow
    ;; failed.  Better not signal an error here because it
    ;; could prevent a subsequent reconversion from fixing
    ;; the problem.
    (concat "Cannot display this page!\n"
            "Maybe because of a conversion failure!"))))

ends up appearing just before the document is displayed.

Testing on fast computers you will never see the problem.

Better replace the message with "One moment please..."

Thanks.




Reply sent to Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:42:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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bug acknowledged by developer. (Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:42:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34477-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34477: Fleeting docview warning revealed on slow computers
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:41:46 +0100
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> On a super slow computer, doc-view.el's
>
>     ;; Typically happens if the conversion process somehow
>     ;; failed.  Better not signal an error here because it
>     ;; could prevent a subsequent reconversion from fixing
>     ;; the problem.
>     (concat "Cannot display this page!\n"
>             "Maybe because of a conversion failure!"))))
>
> ends up appearing just before the document is displayed.
>
> Testing on fast computers you will never see the problem.
>
> Better replace the message with "One moment please..."

You already made the argument: on a typically fast computer, you'll
never see this message.  Given that computers become faster every year,
it becomes much more likely that you see this message because of some
failure.

Bye,
Tassilo




bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 07 Apr 2019 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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