From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: by default, point should not enter the minibuffer prompt Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:13:32 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c92958$6d770fb0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: <007501c928dd$97682c80$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><008801c9290c$55434c70$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223479753 16848 80.91.229.12 (8 Oct 2008 15:29:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:29:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Miles Bader'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 17:30:09 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Knakl-0002Ap-5z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:15:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46467 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Knajh-0002Y7-9y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:14:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Knajc-0002XN-KY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:13:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Knaja-0002Wv-Jk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:13:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37515 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Knaja-0002Wo-CT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:13:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:49762) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KnajV-0003x9-2t; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:13:51 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m98FDekY005644; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:13:41 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt701.oracle.com (acsmt701.oracle.com [141.146.40.71]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m98FDXAV013433; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:13:33 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:13:32 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AckpHpo5ydc9M94NTdKWFjOe5uOwRwAOX8Kg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104420 Archived-At: > The problem is that you are using `forward-line'. It is a > low-level function that does not do any sort of checking. > Emacs commands intended for user use (C-a, C-p, etc) should > act correctly and avoid the prompt. ... > The aim is to make normal usage convenient (by avoiding the prompt), > while still giving the user freedom to access that text if he really > wants to. Got it. I'll change my minibuffer C-a command to DTRT. Thx.