From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Francis Litterio Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: why not allow an argument to just-one-space? Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:07:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87u1d9n60f.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1105402392 27632 80.91.229.6 (11 Jan 2005 00:13:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 11 01:13:04 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Co9eh-0003R9-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:13:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Co9qD-0005N2-Qz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:24:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Co9lD-0003S2-Um for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:19:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Co9l2-0003Nb-3U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:19:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Co9kw-0003BF-W0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:19:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1Co9ZN-0001nM-4U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.74.137.142] (helo=TheWorld.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CnnIJ-00035e-Gg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:20:27 -0500 Original-Received: from bos-cthewlap2.theworld.com (root@shell01-e.TheWorld.com [69.38.147.31]) by TheWorld.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j0A0HmU0007234 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 19:17:49 -0500 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Random-Quote: Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. -- Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, April 3, 1887 In-Reply-To: (Dan Jacobson's message of "Sun, 09 Jan 2005 08:41:31 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:10369 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:10369 Dan Jacobson wrote: > 1 year, 39 weeks ago "Dan" == Dan Jacobson writes: > Dan> Why not allow an argument to just-one-space, so it can be just two > Dan> spaces, etc.? > > Brilliant idea. I'll second that. Why, just today I wanted four > spaces. Don't suppose this one is a priority for the globe trotting > authors. Especially if somebody then posts some 'advice', blurring > the urge for a permanent enhancement. But won't the name, just-one-space, then be confusing? Perhaps you want this: (defun just-n-spaces (count) "..." (interactive "p") (just-one-space) (if (integerp count) (insert (make-string (1- count) 32))))