From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how-many/count-matches for non-interactive use
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:41:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zn2mh5jk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1CIoyS-0002xV-7v@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:51:56 -0400")
>> It seems that interactive-p as currently defined is very rarely useful
>> -- perhaps never. Perhaps we should change interactive-p to ignore
>> whether the command is running from a macro and do what most people
>> seem to expect.
> I think we should declare it obsolete because the alternative (of
> adding an argument) is always clearer, less brittle, and allows
> callers better control.
> Before we say it is obsolete, we had better see if anyone does really
> want it. It would be very good for someone to determine which, if
> any, of the current uses of interactive-p really want the current
> behavior of interactive-p.
The current behavior can still be obtained without interactive-p by checking
executing-macro. Doing it that way also has the advantage of being much
more clear.
I doubt anybody used interactive-p rather than an extra argument just
because of the subtle difference w.r.t keyboard macros. I expect 99% of the
people who used interactive-p haven't even thought about the interaction
with keyboard macros.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-16 18:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-24 6:09 [rmail-mbox-branch]: expunge Alfred M. Szmidt
2004-09-24 7:16 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-09-24 8:21 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2004-09-24 9:23 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-09-24 12:03 ` Paul Michael Reilly
2004-09-25 7:08 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-03 10:40 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-04 15:18 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-06 21:38 ` [rmail-mbox-branch]: mail-utils Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-06 21:47 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-08 23:34 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-08 23:47 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-09 16:04 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-09 17:12 ` Stefan
2004-10-09 18:15 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-09 18:20 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-09 21:02 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-09 21:10 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-09 21:19 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-10 15:15 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-10 22:58 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-11 16:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-12 2:09 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-12 14:42 ` Juri Linkov
2004-10-12 15:03 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-12 16:05 ` Syncing Gnus with Emacs and back (was: [rmail-mbox-branch]: mail-utils) Reiner Steib
2004-10-13 1:26 ` Syncing Gnus with Emacs and back Miles Bader
2004-10-13 20:21 ` Reiner Steib
2004-10-13 22:51 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-14 7:47 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-13 14:43 ` [rmail-mbox-branch]: mail-utils Richard Stallman
2004-10-09 19:02 ` Stefan
2004-10-09 20:40 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-11 10:36 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-08 16:06 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-08 23:17 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-10 15:16 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-10 23:50 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-11 16:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-11 19:01 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-12 8:57 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-12 16:12 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-13 14:42 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-13 18:16 ` how-many/count-matches for non-interactive use Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-15 0:26 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-15 6:28 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-15 12:22 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-15 15:30 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-16 13:52 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-16 21:49 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-15 12:54 ` Stefan
2004-10-16 13:51 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-16 18:41 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2004-10-16 22:00 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-17 15:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-17 20:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-17 21:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-18 8:39 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-18 13:59 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-19 1:58 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-19 2:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-19 10:29 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-19 17:17 ` Alexander Pohoyda
2004-10-20 12:01 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-19 16:46 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-19 22:08 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-21 1:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-21 3:22 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-20 1:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-20 1:35 ` David Kastrup
2004-10-20 13:28 ` Robert J. Chassell
2004-10-20 1:27 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-21 1:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-21 3:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-22 10:47 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-22 12:54 ` Convert keyboard macros to Lisp (was: how-many/count-matches for non-interactive use) Juri Linkov
2004-10-23 13:54 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-22 17:35 ` how-many/count-matches for non-interactive use Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-22 22:22 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-23 1:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-23 11:32 ` John Paul Wallington
2004-10-23 18:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-23 20:36 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-24 17:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-26 3:09 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-26 8:19 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-02 8:53 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-24 2:31 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-24 17:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-25 1:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-26 9:05 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-25 2:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-26 9:04 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-25 3:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-24 17:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-23 18:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-25 14:04 ` Ken Manheimer
2004-10-27 10:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-28 4:39 ` Ken Manheimer
2004-11-02 15:48 ` Ken Manheimer
2004-11-07 3:37 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-23 18:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-23 19:53 ` John Paul Wallington
2004-10-23 18:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-21 22:13 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-23 4:48 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-23 16:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-10-18 8:32 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-17 16:07 ` Richard Stallman
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