From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emilio Lopes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: announcing defaults when reading from minibuffer Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:06 +0200 Organization: private Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1125342312 15648 80.91.229.2 (29 Aug 2005 19:05:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:05:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 29 21:05:07 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9osj-0007B3-Q7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9owp-0006SD-PC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:05:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E9ov0-000671-Il for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:03:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E9oui-0005xR-Ky for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:03:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9ouf-0005ug-3Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:03:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1E9ooa-0001VW-QY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1E9o5K-00016Y-Np for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:10:18 +0200 Original-Received: from p62.246.45.183.tisdip.tiscali.de ([62.246.45.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:10:18 +0200 Original-Received: from eclig by p62.246.45.183.tisdip.tiscali.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:10:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p62.246.45.183.tisdip.tiscali.de User-Agent: Emacs Gnus Cancel-Lock: sha1:EqPA+EOkm48CiQGoPxB6D4FBhno= 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:42481 Archived-At: Richard M Stallman writes: > It seems to me that a better place to put this is in the Tips > appendix--do you agree? I was also in doubt. I thought it's best to have this information together with the rest of the documentation of the function in question, whenever possible. That way people will learn good Elisp style when they first learn the mechanics of the function. Such separation makes sense when documenting languages which can be used in different projects, each having its own coding conventions. Elisp can be used only within Emacs. OTOH there are already precedence cases (`error', e.g.). So maybe it's better not to open this can of worms now and instead install the change as you posted. I guess people will find the information either way.