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: [PATCH] Proposal to change cursor appearance to indicate region activation Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:12:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87a910bmqz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87iofobp6x.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422612767 1403 80.91.229.3 (30 Jan 2015 10:12:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:12:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Kelly Dean Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 30 11:12:46 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YH8Z9-0003q1-5e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:12:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35835 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH8Z8-00027l-8p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:12:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50122) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH8Z4-00027g-4y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:12:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH8Z3-0005kO-A6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:12:38 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH8Z3-0005kI-6x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58636 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH8Z2-0003OQ-LK; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:12:36 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F287DF2DD; Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:12:36 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Kelly Dean's message of "Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:05:33 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:182037 Archived-At: Kelly Dean writes: >> I also have to warn you that there is little point in trying to >> convince or coax me since I more or less have the authority of a >> court jester. So it is pointless to argue away problems with me >> since it does not help getting the code accepted. > > But when anybody raises reasonable concerns about a proposed feature, > it's appropriate to try to address the concerns. In this case, I > didn't notice that the optimization in my first implementation (now > fixed) was rather useless due to the majority of symbols having > property lists until you pointed it out. Nor would I have realized > that I only have a fraction of the symbols that other people have. And > if the interface should be changed, it's good for somebody to point it > out. But in that case you are convincing Emacs rather than me. Which obviously is making a difference. -- David Kastrup