From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A different way to interactively pass options to commands Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:09:32 +0100 Message-ID: <878s7m1mo3.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22129"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Clemens Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 17 21:13:10 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCTCA-0005dA-7I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:13:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59960 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCTC9-0000HU-53 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:13:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57852) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCT8l-0005my-KO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:09:39 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:57690) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lCT8k-0003av-0o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:09:39 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=+Vil0mVcCrX7JcJc0KgobU7jZPk/Xqo8/gs8TeMaCo0=; b=YV7uxEC/Q1NmQFOymLqCInKvCM o4jBOej0urAj6AF6M7dbh8QpKGbIHIsUs0pIvHkyWhXwBrfIzspn+qrBx5pC+kdiSCoQSlJHm0lqn +AdcuVfHxscZdJmHRe+z9ccffMx8la/m7+49lJ7ylkGH7tzPnQzIfXbWswXbT8JPYzyg=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCT8f-0003s8-Kw; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:09:36 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAAGFBMVEWqBAdTDQ8rAwUa AQNpW1mLiYM6JCX///+M2ZKOAAAAAWJLR0QHFmGI6wAAAAd0SU1FB+UCERQIHajIrnYAAAGfSURB VDjLdZNbbsMgEEUhKwi06j9MlP+CNxCXsoK0/36U/S+h8wDkOM7Ikq053IEZX5Tqob036iheAW1e AfsIjKkvg8BtAAR3prTBShuFVjEGV9NEuh5BhIApiBVZWUUAA/MxBL+JCoRKhD2gRAB5P4GmhKC2 aQF7RaBM/XZy3L6Kmq/tNDDc0/cPxT1h4OddgTN4lGHBdcWYwjGRAht1VoDvx3L2rGjYGkFZy4yf XgCOTEP8PIVhCdyys8CnOtOAw+cJFX0kgQ5JQPloGbQZ0gIGFnwFriLwXOuEZXGPDaj/UjNYv9Y1 vc+5XJY85jRRrTcCeU7zbR3TiuCWRs+beI+KBUEaU0aQcmKgI4JrTuMt5cygiEKTIlES1/5ecv77 yLO4xWKpspRpLnO55qmYVIFvfUS2ArYYBMCQ9iF+jKHsYq2g/gYQk9CjpBHcAXiPPssK2Epk4D79 dmXY1QZYwf5ugKo14DtgRzWABDcUYJyh8hWIA7k/x4JnYBHEHYgV+COg8SbDEUCjAt2kJ4D+OwTU HkS+ew+ALnUUwQP4B7FrrW8EsMi2AAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOmNyZWF0ZQAyMDIxLTAyLTE3VDIwOjA4 OjI5KzAwOjAwMFvxAgAAACV0RVh0ZGF0ZTptb2RpZnkAMjAyMS0wMi0xN1QyMDowODoyOSswMDow MEEGSb4AAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: Orbital's _Satan Live (1)_: "Satan (Live At The Irvine Plaza, New York 1996)" In-Reply-To: (Clemens's message of "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:50:02 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:265074 Archived-At: Clemens writes: > Adjusting commands on call is traditionally done via universal prefix > argument. This is mostly nice for numeric repetitions but often it is > also used to change the behavior of a command in other ways and > sometimes even multiple ways depending on the number of times `C-u` is > used. Yes, `C-u' is the only hammer we have here, unfortunately... (And adding commands that are variants of each other.) > The recent discussion around changing `interactive' made me think > about ways to improve that. Magit has shown a real nice UI approach to > pass options with its transient menus. Maybe a simpler but similar > mechanism could be added which could also be configured via > `interactive'. Any opinions on this? What does the Magit UI look like? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no