From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: feature request: indicator of minibuffer-recursion depth Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:10:27 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87odjgyftq.fsf@jurta.org> References: <85wtewf3oq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcp95lnf.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> <87sl8t4208.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181949120 2888 80.91.229.12 (15 Jun 2007 23:12:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:12:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, storm@cua.dk, miles@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 16 01:11:59 2007 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 4.50) id 1HzKxM-0003bS-TN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:11:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzKxM-0007YI-4N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzKxI-0007Wp-4O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HzKxG-0007Up-NH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HzKxG-0007UW-F0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:46 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HzKxE-0001YX-39; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1HzKx8-0004DT-SU; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:11:41 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri\, 15 Jun 2007 18\:45\:17 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: c2436a487120708c9e0f2b31fdd4cc45 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1148 [June 14 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 0 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:73024 Archived-At: > There is no reason to add code in C when it is possible to do the same > thing in Emacs Lisp. > > Oh no! When something is cleaner in C, we should do it in C. What in the C implementation makes it cleaner? > That is the case here, so would someone please please put in the C > version, and remove the Lisp version? I wonder why do you prefer making Emacs less customizable? In Lisp, the user can change formatting, colors and placement of the minibuffer depth indicator as the user likes. But how this can be done with the C implementation? -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/