From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Start value in minibuffer [Was: opening /tmp//foo doesn't work.] Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:45:40 +0100 Message-ID: <4377C214.3090405@student.lu.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131922403 17875 80.91.229.2 (13 Nov 2005 22:53:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 13 23:53:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQc2-000725-L2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:46:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQc0-0008Fs-Mw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:46:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQbe-0008Df-6Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:45:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQbb-0008Az-CB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:45:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQbb-0008Ak-6e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:45:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.11.159] (helo=pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EbQba-0003ck-5l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 17:45:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 436FB1AD001B5FA2; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:45:41 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: Drew Adams In-Reply-To: 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:45908 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: >It has been decided that the INITIAL-VALUE parameter to minibuffer-input >functions is more or less deprecated, in favor of the DEF (default-value) >parameter alone. The UI model chosen is not to burden the user with a start >value already in the minibuffer, but rather to let him use M-n to pull the >default value into the minibuffer (to serve as start value), if he wants it. > >I don't like that decision, personally, but that's the way it is. I like > > I do not like that decision either. GUI applications at least on w32 use to select a field when you enter it. Maybe there is a chance to rethink this decision after the release. Could such things be put in the TODO list?