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: Emphasize the character to be typed next in *Completions* Date: 24 Mar 2004 11:44:51 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <405EB27E.6020904@math.ku.dk> <20040322.185510.266153697.jet@gyve.org> <20040323.194306.183038795.jet@gyve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080121647 10013 80.91.224.253 (24 Mar 2004 09:47:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Masatake YAMATO , larsh@math.ku.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 24 10:47:18 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B64yk-0001cK-00 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:47:18 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B64yk-0007Mj-00 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:47:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B64xS-0005N0-Hc for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:45:58 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B64xL-0005Mc-0O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:45:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B64wm-0005FK-Ii for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:45:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B64wm-0005FE-3g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:45:16 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 31277 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2004 09:45:10 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 24 Mar 2004 09:45:10 -0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20841 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20841 Richard Stallman writes: > +(defcustom completion-emphasis-region 'first-different-character > + "Region emphasized in the completions in *Completions*." > + :type '(choice (const first-different-character) > + (const common-prefix))) > > I don't want to include this option. It isn't useful. Would you > please make a simplified version which does not have this? So who decides which of those _highly different_ options is the best? I like one approach, others like the other approach. > > To support every alternative that anybody has suggested > is NOT a design goal for Emacs. That's a good principle, but in this case the two alternatives are both sensible -- but it is a highly personal choice which one is preferable. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk