From: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 41934@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41934: reverse-region no longer works
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:03:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPM58ohUKgUhv=W_PAoayv7OAKLEh8KnD_z69aoBVcxR9PC3Fw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zh8zxpf6.fsf@gnu.org>
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 12:31, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:28:15 +0100
> >
> > My opinion is:
> >
> > (a) no, it doesn't make sense to complain 'user-error: There are no
> > full lines in the region' when there is one full line.
> >
> > (b) although we could still throw an error in that case (with a more
> > appropriate message), I don't think it would help any users.
> >
> > And indeed, I don't think raising the error is helpful even when there
> > are zero lines to be reversed. It's probably harmless, but conceivably
> > it could complicate somebody's hypothetical keyboard macro, for little
> > gain.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> Here's the conundrum: I'd like to install your proposed change, but
> the sum total of your contributions to Emacs already exceeds the
> amount we can accept without legal papers.
Damn, sorry about that. You told me otherwise last time the question came up[1].
> So, unless you are willing
> to sign the papers now, we cannot install your change.
It's entirely your decision. I won't be signing the papers any time soon.
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-03/msg00637.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-20 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-18 16:41 bug#41934: reverse-region no longer works Richard Copley
2020-06-18 17:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-18 17:52 ` Richard Copley
2020-06-18 17:59 ` Richard Copley
2020-06-18 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-18 18:33 ` Richard Copley
2020-06-18 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <CAPM58oijG1t__9DtYyBPjA+EPHYA7hDFizz9oXv=hqVAyFEPiw@mail.gmail.com>
2020-06-19 11:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-20 10:03 ` Richard Copley [this message]
2020-06-22 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-18 18:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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