From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: next-error-last-buffer Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 08:54:25 -0400 Organization: =?koi8-r?q?=F4=C5=CF=C4=CF=D2=20=FA=CC=C1=D4=C1=CE=CF=D7?= @ Cienfuegos Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4n7jvgpjwe.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <871xluig40.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <873c6983t9.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8765b3vm0r.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <4nn04fgeli.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87hdumto1j.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084454822 32174 80.91.224.253 (13 May 2004 13:27:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 13:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu May 13 15:26:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOGEi-0004jC-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:26:56 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOGEi-0005Oq-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:26:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BOGAw-0007HQ-Fd for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BOG1H-0005XQ-3G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BOFyu-0004zr-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:11:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BOFyt-0004za-HL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2004 09:10:35 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOFys-00075e-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:10:34 +0200 Original-Received: from asimov.bwh.harvard.edu ([134.174.9.63]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:10:34 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by asimov.bwh.harvard.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 15:10:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: asimov.bwh.harvard.edu X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VRf+myIvwj0s7U+AFfF9PVlNrUg= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:23314 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:23314 On Wed, 12 May 2004, rms@gnu.org wrote: > I don't want to offer the user a choice of several behaviors > that are all unsatisfactory in various ways. This way lies > lots of complexity without really satisfying anyone. > > What we should do, when we see how, is make the default behavior > better. Considering all the possible modes that can use next-error, I feel that users would appreciate some control over the process of choosing the next-error buffer. With that in mind, why not make the default behavior a list of symbols as Juri and I suggested, with a sensible default as you suggest? Here are the advantages: 1) the user does not have to know how the default behavior works, they just use it 2) we can change the default behavior with a change of customize defaults, not a change of logic 3) the user can, if he chooses, override the defaults easily through the customization facilities Ted