From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Juri Linkov' <juri@jurta.org>,
deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: delete-file default to buffer-file-name if non-nil
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:51:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy6fiwsdk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <09068505550E4734B4B3E6F5DCEB8A98@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 16 May 2010 17:28:31 -0700")
>> The argument INITIAL-CONTENTS is obsolete and should not be used.
>> It's possible to insert the default value to the minibuffer
>> with `M-n'.
> So it is. But I happen to disagree that it should be obsolete. ;-)
You're wrong, of course.
> A better approach is to let the user decide the behavior.
> I have this option (FWIW):
> | When the default value argument to functions such as
> | `completing-read', `read-file-name', `read-from-minibuffer', and
> | `read-string' is non-nil and the initial-input argument is nil or
> | "", the default value can be added to the prompt as a hint or
> | inserted into the minibuffer as the initial input.
IIUC this is not using the initial-contents argument (more to the
point, it's only active if this arg is nil, i.e. if the caller properly
treats it a deprecated).
So this is perfectly compatible with initial-contents's obsolescence.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-17 13:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-15 18:05 delete-file default to buffer-file-name if non-nil Deniz Dogan
2010-05-15 18:30 ` Davis Herring
2010-05-15 22:10 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-05-16 20:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-05-16 20:20 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-16 23:09 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-17 0:28 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-17 13:51 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2010-05-17 14:56 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-17 16:15 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-05-17 23:09 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-18 22:38 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-17 14:40 ` Richard Stallman
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