From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: use diff-list in Emacs Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 21:22:37 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87sn0scb0b.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87bs7er99v.fsf@emacswiki.org> <877ki2r8nr.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87n0qtj2zf.fsf_-_@emacswiki.org> <20020907224638.GA26845@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031513059 17799 127.0.0.1 (8 Sep 2002 19:24:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alex Schroeder , emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from mail-relay.eunet.no ([193.71.71.242]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17o7fM-0004cx-00 for ; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 21:24:16 +0200 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [80.91.224.244]) by mail-relay.eunet.no (8.12.2/8.12.2/GN) with ESMTP id g88JOJRb068569 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:24:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org) Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17o8Ev-0002Jl-00 for ; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 22:01:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17o7fJ-0007bH-00; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 15:24:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17o7dw-0007Uo-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 15:22:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17o7du-0007Uc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 15:22:47 -0400 Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.4.42]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17o7dt-0007UW-00; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 15:22:46 -0400 Original-Received: from lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lothlorien [129.217.19.67]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id g88JMh807429; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:22:43 +0200 (MES) Original-Received: from lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lucy [129.217.19.80]) by lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de id VAA13356; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:22:38 +0200 (MET DST) Original-Received: by lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix, from userid 6104) id 04D2D3AFDE; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:22:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20020907224638.GA26845@gnu.org> (Miles Bader's message of "Sat, 7 Sep 2002 18:46:38 -0400") Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7717 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7717 Miles Bader writes: > Using diff-lists for lists, on the other hand, does have the issue of > ordering (you have to know where to add new entries, and sometimes it won't > be at the beginning or end; if you record an existing entry to add after, > what if it isn't found?). Whee. You're right. So, what do we do? Okay, let's start with keymaps, then. kai PS: I think that functionality for add-to-list and remove-from-list (though this function doesn't exist, I think you know what I mean) are sufficient as a first start. So if there is a list of things to prepend to, to append to, and to remove from, the default value, a lot will be achieve. -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)