From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Various simple.el patches Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 23:51:40 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200305132031.h4DKVp58013718@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84llx9hhwp.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <20030514124245.GA24487@gnu.org><20030514144839.GA6241@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053057734 8158 80.91.224.249 (16 May 2003 04:02:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 04:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 16 06:02:11 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19GWQ7-00027O-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 06:02:11 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19GWYI-0007Sn-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 06:10:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19GWRR-0002Uu-0A for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 16 May 2003 00:03:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19GWQr-0002Ec-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2003 00:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19GWGL-000663-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19GWFw-0005ew-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:51:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 19GWFw-0005dh-00; Thu, 15 May 2003 23:51:40 -0400 Original-To: Miles Bader In-reply-to: <20030514144839.GA6241@gnu.org> (message from Miles Bader on Wed, 14 May 2003 10:48:39 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13914 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13914 The idea that `oh, in _this_ situation, it works _backwards_,' not because it actually makes much sense, but (apparently) simply because that particular case is otherwise a no-op seems like a quick trip to a totally confusing user interface. I agree. I won't accept this change.