From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
Cc: 12443@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:41:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmx0sgzqm.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8Pv0jVhEJS6dG9TJEjndKRTmJw86250QoS5EDBPDCnp+5aQw@mail.gmail.com> (Dani Moncayo's message of "Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:10:12 +0200")
>>> I see no reason for this inconsistency,
>> Agreed. The officially sanctioned behavior is to use "(default ...)".
> Then all commands should be consistent on that.
Agreed.
> (Anyway, I don't understand why the way of formatting the default
> value in the prompt string should make the job of this mode harder,
> because if we know what the default value is and how is formatted in
> the prompt string, it should be trivial to identify that part at the
> right side of the prompt string. Maybe I'm missing something...)
The problem is that we don't always know how it is formatted in the
prompt (it might be a shortened version, for example).
> Thanks, but if we agree that there is a problem here (or there is room
> for improvement), it would be better to fix this in the vanilla Emacs.
It's a matter of taste (some people prefer the "(default ...)").
Stefan
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-14 13:53 bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy) Dani Moncayo
2012-09-14 15:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-14 16:39 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-14 19:17 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-09-14 19:10 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-09-14 19:41 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-09-14 20:42 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-09-14 20:50 ` Jambunathan K
2012-09-14 20:55 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-14 22:47 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-25 12:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-25 12:55 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-25 13:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-25 15:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-25 15:34 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-25 16:19 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-25 18:23 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-25 19:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-25 20:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-26 12:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-27 18:48 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-28 14:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-28 15:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-30 13:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 15:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 17:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 18:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 18:49 ` Drew Adams
2020-09-06 20:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-09-06 20:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 20:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 21:55 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-09-06 21:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-06 21:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-09-06 21:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-07 18:46 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-07 19:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-08 18:32 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-08 20:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-09 18:50 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-10 13:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-11 9:11 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-09-11 12:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-14 8:40 ` Andrii Kolomoiets
2020-09-14 11:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-13 2:31 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-12 19:04 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-13 8:53 ` Juri Linkov
2020-09-13 14:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 13:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-07 20:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-17 19:05 ` bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-01-18 16:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-18 18:06 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-08-28 14:13 ` bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy) Lars Ingebrigtsen
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