From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:55:07 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87a9wsmiqw.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347656171 13795 80.91.229.3 (14 Sep 2012 20:56:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:56:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12443@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Jambunathan K'" , "'Dani Moncayo'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 14 22:56:14 2012 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 1TCcvs-00031k-5E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:56:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41952 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TCcvo-00078M-Ek for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:55:12 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt102.oracle.com (abhmt102.oracle.com [141.146.116.54]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q8EKtBg0032052; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:55:11 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.182.71) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:55:11 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87a9wsmiqw.fsf@gmail.com> Thread-Index: Ac2Suolgd9wnqGPGRbazdu1g9fpqrQAAEEGw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:64320 Archived-At: > >> It's a matter of taste (some people prefer the "(default ...)"). > > > > maybe, but other people (Drew, you, me and I guess many > > others) prefer other behavior. > > > > Therefore, it seems that this should be user-configurable. > > A new/first-time user will need a hint. > > An experienced user or a user with some experience - one who > knows what to expect, where and when - will find it a clutter. So make the default value do what we do now, if you really think such a hint is important for newbies. But give users the choice. FWIW, I do not think that newbies need such a hint, anymore than they might need hints about hitting TAB for completion or a host of other things one could imagine are as new to them as `M-n'. But I am not adamantly against providing such hints by default.