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: Info enhancements Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:15:04 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200312121424.hBCEO6V06218@f7.net> <9743-Fri12Dec2003191455+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <2427-Sat13Dec2003121220+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071357653 8630 80.91.224.253 (13 Dec 2003 23:20:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:20:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, karl@freefriends.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 14 00:20:43 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AVJ3z-0001B8-00 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:20:43 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AVJ3y-0004So-00 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:20:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJzt-00036Y-3Z for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:20:33 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJy0-0002PR-Aj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:18:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJxQ-00023e-V5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:18:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AVJxQ-00022d-Cd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:18:00 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AVIyW-0003g2-QW; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:15:04 -0500 Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-reply-to: <2427-Sat13Dec2003121220+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18677 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18677 It is spelled "whenever we are not sure which behavior to make the default, have an option so that users can decide." Our principle is to add an option only if it seems important. Many issues are not important enough to justify one. If a few users really care, they can change the code. An option is useful when each alternative is preferred by many users.