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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Current mode command discovery
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:18:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83im6r98qd.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87im6revhq.fsf@tcd.ie> (contovob@tcd.ie)

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:08:17 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:04:13 +0100
> >> 
> >> This thread is only about this theoretical new command.
> >
> > Then how about if we stop mentioning M-x in this thread?  It is
> > utterly confusing to mention M-x when we actually are talking about
> > something else.  Some of the suggestions voiced here made me nervous
> > because I thought people were suggesting changes in how M-x works; now
> > I'm relieved to learn that no change to M-x's MO was meant.
> 
> Hasn't the default M-x behaviour already changed thanks to
> read-extended-command-predicate?

It seems like indeed M-x behavior has changed.  So my fears were not
unfounded, sadly.  This is an incompatible behavior change, and it
should IMO be OFF by default.  Worse, NEWS doesn't call out this
behavior of M-x completion, and neither does the manual, at least not
clearly enough (the reference to read-extended-command-predicate is
too vague and doesn't mention completion).

I'm very uneasy about this change.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-16 18:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 177+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-14 17:19 Current mode command discovery Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 17:26 ` Sean Whitton
2021-02-15  3:00   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 17:29 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-15  3:02   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 12:21     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-16 12:38       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 12:56         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 17:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-14 17:56   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 18:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-15  3:04       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-15 15:13         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 12:04           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 15:36             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 16:28               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 17:06                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 18:08               ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-16 18:12                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 18:18                 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-02-16 18:37                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 18:51                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 18:57                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 19:24                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 19:33                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-16 19:50                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-16 20:55                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17  3:25                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-17 11:11                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 17:01                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-18  6:02                                   ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-16 23:32                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 15:38                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-17 16:28                                   ` tomas
2021-02-17 17:49                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 19:25                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-17 19:33                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 18:00                                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 19:34                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19  5:41                                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-19  8:57                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:52                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 22:33                                           ` chad
2021-02-19 23:01                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-19 23:19                                               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20  7:01                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 19:43                                                   ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21 17:10                                                     ` Drew Adams
2021-02-20 13:15                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:36                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-22  4:00                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22  5:27                                                     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 19:43                                                 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-19 14:52                                         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-17 18:32                                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 11:16                                 ` Jean Louis
2021-02-17  8:34                           ` Robert Pluim
2021-02-17 11:15                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-14 23:30     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 19:53   ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 20:25     ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-02-14 21:20       ` tomas
2021-02-14 23:02         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-14 23:30         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 21:20       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-02-14 21:39       ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 22:07         ` tomas
2021-02-14 23:30           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-14 23:30         ` Drew Adams
2021-02-14 23:30     ` Drew Adams
2021-02-14 23:30   ` Drew Adams
2021-02-14 19:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 20:00   ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 20:16     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 20:49       ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-14 21:56         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-14 23:18           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-14 23:46             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-15  2:26             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-15  0:29 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-15  2:45   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17  2:20 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-02-17 11:29   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-17 11:30   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 16:26     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-17 17:52       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 22:46         ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-18 10:14           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 13:05             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-18 14:06               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-18 17:15                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-19 12:23                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 12:30                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:34                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 12:42                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:59                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 13:40                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 13:45                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 13:54                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 14:07                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 12:35                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-19 12:43                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-19 12:52                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-19 12:38                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-17 18:21     ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-17 18:32       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 22:26         ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-17 22:33           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-17 18:41       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-17 22:28         ` Matt Armstrong
2021-02-20 11:55     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-20 11:49   ` Jean Louis
2021-02-20 14:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:29   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 14:31     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:38       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 14:51         ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 16:52           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 17:20             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 17:43               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 17:31           ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-20 20:17             ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 21:10               ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 22:09                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-21  6:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 15:13                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 21:43               ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 22:09                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 22:22                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-20 23:53                     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 21:58               ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-20 23:53                 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-28 12:32               ` Jean Louis
2021-02-28 12:41                 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-28 17:21                   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-02-20 14:51         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:23           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 16:17             ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-20 19:45               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 16:55                 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21 21:39                   ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-02-21 22:46                     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 12:42             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:57         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:11           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 15:44             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 17:00               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 17:46                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:09                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 14:34                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 15:53                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 19:45           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20 14:56   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 14:59     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 15:37   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-20 16:05     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 16:18       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-20 16:22       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-20 16:23       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-20 16:44         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 17:25           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-20 17:29             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21  6:18               ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 15:19                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 16:54                   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 16:44                 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21  6:23               ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 12:55     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 15:33       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 15:47         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 17:03           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 17:44             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:01               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 18:21                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:28                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 18:37                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 19:20                       ` Eli Zaretskii

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