From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22692: 25.0.91; xref-find-definitions fails to prompt Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 05:44:06 +0200 Message-ID: <83r3gdwc8p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20283.1455584523@allegro.localdomain> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455594329 8136 80.91.229.3 (16 Feb 2016 03:45:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22692@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mike Kupfer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 16 04:45:16 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWZc-0002rl-EO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Feb 2016 04:45:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWZb-0008N6-Gc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:45:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53548) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWZW-0008JJ-UE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:45:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWZR-0002B4-U8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:45:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49867) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWZR-0002Am-RK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:45:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWZR-00068W-N7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:45:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:45:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22692 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22692-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22692.145559424923517 (code B ref 22692); Tue, 16 Feb 2016 03:45:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22692) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Feb 2016 03:44:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40642 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWYb-00067F-0n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:44:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34066) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWYa-000675-Gq for 22692@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:44:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWYQ-00022T-I4 for 22692@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:44:03 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38749) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWYQ-00022P-Ek; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:43:58 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2494 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aVWYP-0005Mk-PW; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:43:58 -0500 In-reply-to: <20283.1455584523@allegro.localdomain> (message from Mike Kupfer on Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:02:03 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:113111 Archived-At: > From: Mike Kupfer > Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:02:03 -0800 > > More broadly, I think the default for xref-prompt-for-identifier is a > usability regression. When I'm examining code, point is rarely at the > token I want to find the definition for. It's exactly the opposite here: point is almost always on the token. > So with the default behavior, > I either have to move my hand to the mouse to set point and then move it > back to the keyboard for the "." in M-., or I have to type in a bunch of > navigation keystrokes, or I have to add a C-u prefix. Either way, the > default behavior is getting in my way, not helping. Perhaps we could have a defcustom for this use case, but making the behavior you want the default sounds wrong to me. Thanks.