From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-x t N
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:51:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834kaukluw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sfye5joq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:57:09 +0300)
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:57:09 +0300
>
> >> > Here's the problem: if index = 1 means "the first tab", then -1 which
> >> > "counts from the end" is not the last one, it's one before that.
> >>
> >> If indexes are one-based, then -1 is the last.
> >
> > It's the last existing one, but we are adding one more. And adding a
> > tab at index IDX means all those at IDX and after it move to the right
> > to free a slot for the new one. But that's not what we do with tabs
> > in this case.
>
> -1 defines the position that the moved tab will have after moving.
And that is the problem, see above.
I get it that you are unconvinced, and will stop arguing, but I still
think this is not a good semantics, if my opinion on these matters
means anything to you.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-09 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-06 8:35 C-x t N Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 15:22 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-06 15:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 16:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-09-06 17:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-09 7:57 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-09 11:51 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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