bug#71504: 30.0.50; FR: Fix suggestions ("quick fix") for Flymake diagnostics
Eshel Yaron via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email protected]>
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Juri Linkov <[email protected]> writes: >> Two years have flown by, with no real progress on this feature request. >> >> Incidentally, it seems like Flycheck is now getting nice "quick fix" >> support (see e.g. this 001d4ca2 Flycheck commit). >> It would be great to see something similar in (upstream) Flymake too. > > What would be a good UI? There are plenty of UI opportunities; the key is establishing the API, allowing backends to provide fixes. > Maybe displaying a light-bulb in the margins with a context menu like > in Eglot? I'd start with basic actionability first. Namely, a command that fixes the diagnostic at point would be a good start. Otherwise, sure, context menu integration is great, and some indicator might also help. Best, Eshel