Re: [ELPA] New package: dict

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>
> Cc: philipk@posteo.net,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 11:34:12 +0300
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > AFAIR, this started from you proposing a package that would behave as
> > if all 3 options were customized, and saying that you like this
> > alternative behavior much better, so much so that you felt a new
> > package is in order.  So I'm asking why not let users who, like you,
> > will like that much better, to get that behavior, with all its bells
> > and whistles, by setting just one option?  Wouldn't you personally
> > like such an option and use it all the time?
> 
> Yes, I see what you mean.  I'm attaching an updated patch that
> implements your suggestion to add another `defcustom` with an
> appropriate :set function.  It's now enough to do:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setopt dictionary-search-interface 'help)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> The updated patch also tries to address Philip's recommendation to
> extract the default parts of `dictionary-search` to standalone
> functions.

Thanks, LGTM.  Let's wait for a few days to let others to chime in
with comments.