From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, raman@google.com, joaotavora@gmail.com,
thievol@posteo.net, eduardoochs@gmail.com, ams@gnu.org,
schwab@linux-m68k.org, eller.helmut@gmail.com,
tino.calancha@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Please, Restore Previous Behavior for jump-to-register
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:31:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wmtkj8bv.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d1a1aa13-8b3c-2f8f-faa9-4d5e04ef1e7b@gutov.dev> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:16:01 +0200")
Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev> writes:
> On 11/12/2023 14:27, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> I'm also interested to hear arguments why should the new behavior be
>> the default, if there are people who think the new behavior is better
>> in some circumstances.
>
> FWIW, the recent blog post (setting aside its overall tone) sparked at
> least two discussions: on Reddit and on Hacker News.
>
> And among comments there, I noticed a few saying something like "this
> could make registers usable for me".
>
> And the idea of prompting when overriding a register seems good for
> default behavior, at least in theory.
>
> Take this with a armful of salt, since I'm one of those that never
> used registers, though this change (a better, visual preview) might
> make them more attractive for me too. Whether that can make them a
> regular tool, is still to be seen.
Having upgraded, I prefer the new behavior. And I can live with its
being the default.
Overwriting previous registers by accident has always been a frequent
blunder for me, and one extra RET is a small price to pay for its
prevention.
Nevertheless there should be an option to disable it, for those who
disagree, but the dithyramb posted to Reddit was uncalled-for.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-12 5:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-07 10:02 Please, Restore Previous Behavior for jump-to-register Tino Calancha
2023-12-08 13:48 ` Helmut Eller
2023-12-08 15:19 ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-12-08 20:35 ` T.V Raman
2023-12-08 20:45 ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-12-09 6:58 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-12-09 16:40 ` T.V Raman
2023-12-10 1:58 ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-12-10 5:15 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-12-10 5:44 ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-12-10 8:28 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 9:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-10 9:47 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 9:37 ` João Távora
2023-12-10 9:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-10 6:02 ` Teemu Likonen
2023-12-10 8:21 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 10:14 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2023-12-10 11:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2023-12-10 11:30 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 12:34 ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-12-10 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-10 16:26 ` Daniel Colascione
2023-12-10 16:57 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-12-10 17:27 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2023-12-10 17:33 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-12-10 17:46 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2023-12-10 19:20 ` João Távora
2023-12-10 19:44 ` T.V Raman
2023-12-10 20:08 ` João Távora
2023-12-10 20:30 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 20:37 ` João Távora
2023-12-11 0:54 ` T.V Raman
2023-12-11 5:58 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-11 12:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-11 18:16 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-11 20:04 ` Colin Baxter
2023-12-12 5:31 ` Po Lu [this message]
2023-12-12 5:43 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-12 10:05 ` João Távora
2023-12-14 7:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 15:16 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 15:31 ` João Távora
2023-12-14 15:34 ` T.V Raman
2023-12-14 15:45 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-14 16:22 ` João Távora
2023-12-14 16:32 ` João Távora
2023-12-14 16:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-12-14 17:52 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-14 20:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-14 20:56 ` João Távora
2023-12-14 22:54 ` Drew Adams
2023-12-14 23:06 ` João Távora
2023-12-14 23:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-12-15 0:27 ` Adam Porter
2023-12-14 22:53 ` Drew Adams
2023-12-16 22:15 ` Merging bookmark+ features into Emacs itself Stefan Kangas
2023-12-16 23:07 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-15 15:02 ` [External] : Re: Please, Restore Previous Behavior for jump-to-register T.V Raman
2023-12-14 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:53 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-14 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:10 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 17:53 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-14 17:50 ` Drew Adams
2023-12-14 15:55 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 17:48 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-14 16:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:01 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 17:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:10 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 17:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 18:05 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 18:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 20:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-14 20:48 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:01 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 17:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-14 17:35 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 20:23 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-14 20:48 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 19:25 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-10 21:07 ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-12-08 15:32 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-08 16:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-08 18:41 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-12-08 14:28 ` James Thomas
2023-12-13 13:00 ` João Pedro
2023-12-16 4:22 ` Richard Stallman
2023-12-16 10:28 ` Jean Louis
2023-12-16 20:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-16 22:03 ` João Pedro
2023-12-18 4:13 ` Richard Stallman
2023-12-14 8:22 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2023-12-14 17:01 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-12-14 20:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-12-14 21:50 ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2023-12-15 9:22 ` Steve Perry
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