From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature request: indicator of minibuffer-recursion depth Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:59:41 +0100 Message-ID: <85mzfsk7qq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142414244 20865 80.91.229.2 (15 Mar 2006 09:17:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 15 10:17:22 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJS88-00071r-M1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:17:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJS87-0002u4-Sg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:17:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FJS7v-0002tK-7F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:17:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FJS7u-0002sw-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:17:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJS7u-0002sq-Jr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:17:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FJSCI-0004Qi-VR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:21:39 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FJS7t-00075m-Gf; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:17:05 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 57DD91C3DB49; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:59:42 +0100 (CET) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:19:39 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:51648 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > > How about having some indication (somewhere) of the > > minibuffer-recursion depth? > > I think it is good idea. > > > Perhaps use {...} in the mode line for this (like [...])? (Both > > recursions are possible at the same time, though that is not common.) > > How do you think put [] on the prompt in minibuffer like: > [M-x] > [[M-x]] > [[[Find file: ]]] ~/ > > We can discuss the design after the release, if people think the idea is > useful. > > However, personally I would prefer not to burden the prompt (which can > already be quite complex) and instead put the indicator in the mode line > somehow. The minibuffer does not have a mode line. And if we want to avoid confusion, putting the indicator somewhere far away from the minibuffer would not help. I think the minibuffer prompt a better place. And using the same "recursive" indicator as recursive edits do in the mode line is sensible as well in my book. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum