Re: A silly little request...

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:

>  > > So it can be enabled e.g in your .emacs, before starting a debug
>  > > session.
>  > 
>  > But for that purpose it need not be marked as an autoloaded command.
>  > An autoloaded function would be enough (and it would make more sense
>  > to be able to customize it without needing to load it at .emacs time).
>
> It needs to be marked as an autoloaded command because it *is* a
> command, and not just a function.

I don't see how this "because" applies.

>  > I don't think there is a point in being able to call
>  > gud-toolkit-mode as a _command_ when no gud-session has been
>  > started yet.
>
> Its gud-tooltip-mode actually, Mrs Malaprop.

I might be singing alto, but still that remark seems more Malaprop
than mine.

> Someone who uses it might find it convenient not to have to enable
> it explicitly each time.

Having it as an autoloaded function would be completely sufficient for
that.

> It could be added to gdb-mode-hook by the user but thats more
> obscure.

And quite better, since it would not necessitate loading gud.el unless
it actually got used.

>  > > David could always set gu as an alias for gnus (or type a bit more
>  > > slowly!).
>  > 
>  > Sure, so can everybody else, and that holds for everything
>  > tripping people up while being "technically correct".
>
> Perhaps you'd also like something to be done about
> number-to-register for when you accidentally type M-x nu,
> etc.

This does not seem to happen to me, and besides, the command has no
really unfathomable consequences: just type C-g and it aborts.

> Anyway, it doesn't matter what I think, we might as well wait for a
> decree.

I am not sure this warrants a decree.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum