From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: make project--find-in-file generic, add interactive filename to project-find-file
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:55:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv37thqeog.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56AAC8E7.8090601@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Fri, 29 Jan 2016 05:05:27 +0300")
>>>> This would also allow users to replace this function with one which
>>>> handles DEFAULT differently (e.g. inserting it as initial-input but
>>>> pre-selected so that delete-selection-mode deletes it in many cases).
>>> I'm not sure that delete-selection-mode is the answer:
>> It's not an answer, it's an alternative UI (which is the standard in
>> pretty much every other GUI application).
> How would the user avoid deleting the default value, though?
Why cares. The point is that the new functions's interface would allow
someone to implement a different UI, which some users like.
> We seem to deal with situations like that by putting the cursor before the
> input, so the user can press C-k. I probably prefer the M-n
> mechanics, though.
I think you missed in the text you quoted above the fact that I said
"allow users to replace this function". I do not intend this alternative
behavior to be the default.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-29 2:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-28 1:04 make project--find-in-file generic, add interactive filename to project-find-file Stephen Leake
2016-01-28 9:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-28 10:11 ` Stephen Leake
2016-01-28 10:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-28 13:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-28 19:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-28 21:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-28 21:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-28 22:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-29 2:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-29 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-29 4:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-29 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-29 21:53 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-31 6:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-31 14:02 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-31 14:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-02-01 8:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-02-01 13:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-29 2:05 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-29 2:55 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-01-29 4:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-29 14:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-29 21:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-30 2:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-30 23:32 ` Juri Linkov
2016-01-31 0:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-28 11:06 ` Stephen Leake
2016-01-28 11:11 ` Stephen Leake
2016-01-29 2:18 ` Dmitry Gutov
2016-01-29 23:55 ` Stephen Leake
2016-01-30 0:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
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