From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, rcopley@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Unbalanced change hooks (part 2)
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:38:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1bUGEk-0003zu-38@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160731121642.GB2205@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:16:42 +0000)
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> There are several functions in .../src/insdel.c which have a parameter
> `prepare'. The meaning of `prepare' is "direct the function to call
> prepare_to_modify_buffer" (YUCK!).
Why do you say "yuck" to that?
I'm not saying it can't have problems, or that you can't
think of some change for the better. However, to merit "yuck",
it would have to be grossly and conspicuously bad.
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2016-07-31 12:16 Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 13:58 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-31 15:21 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 15:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 17:28 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 18:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 19:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 19:20 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-31 21:26 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-01 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 13:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 16:53 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-01 17:15 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-01 19:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 20:52 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 14:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 16:09 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 17:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-07 14:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-07 15:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-07 21:48 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 0:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-02 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 14:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-31 18:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-31 19:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-31 21:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 13:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 14:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-01 14:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 15:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-31 19:33 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-07-31 19:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 15:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 14:51 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 1:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 14:34 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 11:00 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-31 12:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 6:49 ` Phillip Lord
2016-09-01 13:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 6:40 ` Phillip Lord
2016-09-01 13:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-02 11:34 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-01 16:38 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2016-08-02 10:15 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 10:37 ` Richard Copley
2016-08-02 16:11 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 16:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 19:38 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-03 2:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 14:36 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 16:54 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 18:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 19:54 ` Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [PATCH] Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 16:38 ` Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) [Documentation fix still remaining] Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 18:35 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-09 17:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-09 18:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-09 19:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 14:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 15:16 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 16:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 16:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-18 14:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-18 16:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-19 8:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-19 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 9:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-19 9:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-19 9:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-10 16:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 16:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 17:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 18:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-10 19:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-10 19:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-11 11:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-11 16:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-28 11:23 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-28 15:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-28 22:16 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-28 22:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-28 23:11 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 0:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 3:18 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 13:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 14:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 15:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 16:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 15:14 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 14:07 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:22 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 16:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 14:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 15:30 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 16:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 16:26 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 17:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 17:48 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 18:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 2:27 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 2:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 0:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 2:26 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 2:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 2:54 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 14:20 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 12:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 14:12 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-31 11:20 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-31 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 17:27 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 17:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:46 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:04 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:58 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 19:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 21:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 2:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:06 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:17 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:30 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:32 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 18:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:55 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 19:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 20:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 20:53 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 21:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 18:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 18:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 18:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 17:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:16 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 19:00 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-30 18:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 21:25 ` Davis Herring
2016-09-02 7:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-28 22:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 13:30 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 13:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 11:04 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 15:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-31 11:17 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-31 11:12 ` Phillip Lord
2016-08-30 16:23 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-30 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-02 19:00 ` Unbalanced change hooks (part 2) Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-02 19:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-07 21:16 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-08-08 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-08 19:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-08 20:16 ` Alan Mackenzie
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