From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#355: M-x should prompt with function under cursor as default Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:43:37 +0800 Message-ID: <87wsl2pigm.fsf__26708.7531778545$1212775695$gmane$org@jidanni.org> References: Reply-To: jidanni@jidanni.org, 355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212775646 32761 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2008 18:07:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 18:07:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: jpw@pobox.com, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 06 20:08:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K4gMB-0001xV-Ah for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:08:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56614 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4gLO-0006xs-DX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K4gLK-0006xd-J6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K4gLJ-0006xQ-Qh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33437 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4gLJ-0006xN-Nl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:35575) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K4gLJ-0005wT-9R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m56I75qd019012; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:07:10 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m56Ho42S013739; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:50:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: jidanni@jidanni.org Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:50:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 355 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 355-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B355.121277422612416 (code B ref 355); Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:50:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 355) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Jun 2008 17:43:46 +0000 Original-Received: from blingymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (lax-green-bigip-5.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m56HheJd012410 for <355@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:43:41 -0700 Original-Received: from jidanni1.jidanni.org (122-127-46-14.dynamic.hinet.net [122.127.46.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blingymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA91214D776; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:43:39 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:07:14 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:18282 Archived-At: JPW> Do the Emacs developers think that this feature is worth adding ? JPW> Ooops, I missed Stef's reply to the BTS saying no. Fair enough :) SM> In any case, I don't think the functionality you're asking makes much SM> sense: it is rather rare to do a M-x where the command you want to run SM> happens to be under point. Just as often as C-h f and C-h v for me at least. And why not upgrade the sensitivity of C-h v and C-h f and also make their prompting default behavior unified with M-x. Incorporating the John Paul Wallington bug #355 and Drew Adams bug #371 patches would be a big step in that direction.