From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bind `q' to `quit-window' or similar in *Messages* Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:32:02 +0900 Message-ID: <877hqtd93x.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87636d94c7.fsf@regnitz.physics.niu.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265250738 2070 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2010 02:32:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Roland Winkler Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 04 03:32:15 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NcrVv-00058J-17 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:32:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37332 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NcrVu-00079D-6v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NcrVq-000792-6R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37988 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NcrVp-00078l-Sw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NcrVo-00051B-Fr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:09 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:35224) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NcrVo-00050z-1w; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:32:08 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.148.164.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.148.164] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1NcrVj-0001C0-Qa; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:32:03 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 02CE4DF8E; Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:32:02 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87636d94c7.fsf@regnitz.physics.niu.edu> (Roland Winkler's message of "Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:28:40 -0600") Original-Lines: 16 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:120880 Archived-At: Roland Winkler writes: > - *Messages* should not have buffer-undo-list set to t It's set to t to avoid generating zillions of useless undo entries. That's pretty reasonable given that 99.99% of the time, people _don't_ edit *Messages*, and yet it changes a lot. It's silly to start changing *Messages* with the idea that people are editing it, because that's almost never the case. -Miles -- Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.