From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#64355: 29.0.91; Should there be a command to delete a register? 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Mon, 4 Sep 2023 13:23:38 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:15:53 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:269298 Archived-At: tags 64355 wontfix close 64355 thanks Richard Stallman writes: > > There has never been such a command, and you can simply set an existing > > register to a new value, so arguably there's no need for a delete > > command. But it might be clearer for users if they could explicitly > > delete a register, so it didn't show up in preview lists etc. > > I suggest we choose the simpler option: no change. > > Let's not add commands merely for symmetry's sake. I tend to agree with Richard, especially seeing that we have no use case for this. I'm therefore closing this bug report.