From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: draft for DEL key poll Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87litcvtu2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87mxdqn6l4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1317141305 2172 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2011 16:35:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:35:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 27 18:35:00 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R8acW-0008Sb-1V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:35:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40085 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8acV-000461-EW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43410) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8acS-0003wt-7t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8acQ-0003JU-Lx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:39141) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8acQ-0003JN-Fy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8acF-0004YZ-Rd; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:44 -0400 In-reply-to: <87mxdqn6l4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:59:19 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:144419 Archived-At: As for the outright removal of partial completion, I disagree with such a change; since its introduction in Emacs 23, it has proven to be a useful feature that does the right thing in almost all circumstances. It's easy for those who disagree with this feature to disable it. Let's see what the users think of this change. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/