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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.



  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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