From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: how-many/count-matches for non-interactive use Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:32:16 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87pt3m5vqk.fsf@oak.pohoyda.family> <87zn2mh5jk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87is99nznd.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098088405 16669 80.91.229.6 (18 Oct 2004 08:33:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:33:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 18 10:33:18 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CJSxC-0005FS-00 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:33:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJT4S-0007zG-Td for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:40:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJT3t-0007yH-T8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:40:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJT3s-0007xz-0R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJT3r-0007x5-5Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:40:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJSwB-0007Pr-Cl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:32:15 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 49714 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2004 08:32:14 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 18 Oct 2004 08:32:14 -0000 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: <87is99nznd.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:19:42 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28551 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28551 Stefan Monnier writes: >> Thinking more about it, I belive that the current behaviour of >> interactive-p makes good sense in cases where it is used to determine >> whether a command should do sit-for or output a message, as those are >> typically not desireable during macro execution. > > Sit-for doesn't wait when executed from a macro. But it still does redisplay -- not really interesting if you execute a macro N times with a prefix. > As for messages you might > be right in some (maybe even in many) cases but I doubt it matters much > since unless the message is the last in the macro it will just be > overwritten anyway. Again, it does redisplay. I think we should keep interactive-p as is. I see no benefit from changing it or making it obsolete. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk