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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattiase@acm.org>
Cc: 43489@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:13:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kntsvm7.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9FE2FD7F-84CF-415B-BD7F-DDAF0D401414@acm.org> ("Mattias Engdegård"'s message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:01:39 +0200")

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:

> 18 sep. 2020 kl. 17.23 skrev Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:
>
>> Still, I'm not sure whether a (ding) is more helpful than a non-cryptic
>> user-error message in these instances.
>
> That's a fair view, but my point is that we shouldn't put in a message
> unless we can honestly argue for its usefulness. In this case it seems
> difficult to do so given the evidence. It's not like every other
> editor is more difficult to use in this particular aspect.

The movement commands Emacs has here are more complicated than most
editors have, though.  Saying why `C-M-f' can't move seems like useful
information for the user to receive.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-19 14:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-18 11:31 bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-18 13:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 13:18   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-18 13:42     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 13:48       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-18 15:13   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-18 15:23     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 16:01       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-19 14:13         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-09-20 17:33           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-20 19:54             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-21 10:55               ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 14:47                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-21 17:12                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-22 14:32                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-23  9:17                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-23 13:40                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-23 14:33                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-23 14:45                             ` João Távora
2020-09-23 16:24                               ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-23 16:37                                 ` João Távora
2020-09-24 15:50                                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-24 15:58                                     ` João Távora
2020-09-24 17:32                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-24 19:23                                         ` João Távora
2020-09-28 17:05                                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-20 21:39             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-21 11:21               ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 12:36                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-21 17:12                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 17:49                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-21  8:49   ` João Távora
2020-09-21 14:43     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-21 17:12     ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 17:25       ` João Távora

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