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: [PATCH] customizing initial sequence number in cua-rectangle Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:04:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87mtk086b4.fsf@gnus.org> References: <875yqob2fv.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39900"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel Fleischer Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 13 08:08:46 2022 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 1n7uE2-000ACx-BU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:08:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48748 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n7uE0-0003Dl-Ne for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:08:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36598) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n7uAI-0008Ni-En for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:04:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2] (port=40196 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n7uAG-0002Mw-Qv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:04:54 -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=OBSaxjPQgxsHaDGXFtP6nENh2PIgxWGth0ZgU/4M1og=; b=BpS8G67Ittdacp4OsC4LyXgo98 8JedGdHqdQ/rDugssR5cHii04lPuUYeFYyk2L5y0BNvAcRvmiYfj8IgrGeDgktzH0t1xhLKcSkZ1J 1NsHcsoYSmC/2OGAEIa4F/fOE4zSp1FT9wYPZhMyb/ubENKlJzPcoRmiRAPRs9S6x6zo=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n7uAC-0008NX-Ev; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:04:51 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAgMAAAAqbBEUAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAACBj SFJNAAB6JgAAgIQAAPoAAACA6AAAdTAAAOpgAAA6mAAAF3CculE8AAAACVBMVEU2Mjqfi3P///9G gfLxAAAAAWJLR0QCZgt8ZAAAAAd0SU1FB+YBDQcDAgOvhzgAAAFCSURBVCjPJZJRqkQhDENbuP13 QPdT4frfC83+t/ISHzgzHG1jGsciZ+OkYZvZauzi+sU/HC7sJkRkx3kxJwGGfn7JPZUVItYeEDjg p3/9qOeFf+xnAaH5U/jwPqzrBOZH9SidIM7itxMegEXs8tds1iKi2xYBBK62kXZYcY9sJY32BRht L0dRC5/s0HNLYwuC20nI0j3BZoGm+64SUN5pcSFq3xBEGtI+M84xh8YfpUnXtYXxcASL6ZUJpVMM ZxkSeYtn0IE9pQxsro32Z1wI3lsRW8Q5CDNcTm1fm7HUtGThUEiR8jU+KCWWeSC0mSqjZ8wyd9m9 YeR9DfWtvSvSweGY7UKHSoqfj9Fa+MFryWeXTkpTykziVChUxp42o72m7uF1edp6SATptmE97fBF bEznn0PSTCcHT76SA3nfyDn+ABZobG62Q/ncAAAAJXRFWHRkYXRlOmNyZWF0ZQAyMDIyLTAxLTEz VDA3OjAzOjAyKzAwOjAwWpv86QAAACV0RVh0ZGF0ZTptb2RpZnkAMjAyMi0wMS0xM1QwNzowMzow MiswMDowMCvGRFUAAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: Suicide Romeo's _Pictures_: "Pictures" In-Reply-To: (Daniel Fleischer's message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:32:09 +0200") X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2 (failed) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2; envelope-from=larsi@gnus.org; helo=quimby.gnus.org X-Spam_score_int: -35 X-Spam_score: -3.6 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.6 / 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_MED=-2.3, RDNS_NONE=0.793, 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: 2.1.29 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:284681 Archived-At: Daniel Fleischer writes: > I'm using CUA rectangle mode a lot, mainly for fixing indentation and to > insert sequence of numbers for converting texts into numbered lists in > orgmode. The default initial number is 0 and you can input 1. Ah, right. A zero-based default is perhaps not the most useful for most people? > But then you do it a bunch of times and wonder why is it not > customizable. For example there is a format variable for the sequence > "%d" and it has a history mechanism so if you change it, it's ready for > the next time in a given session. > > I thought it's too complicated to have a history for the initial value > and just customizing it would be simpler. That's the purpose of the > patch. Right. But perhaps it'd be even more useful if it updated the value from what the user answered? If the user answered "1" once, then it sounds likely that that's what the user wants next time, too, isn't it? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no