From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Bookmark the end of file? Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <033842f3-dd9b-4a9d-a6f6-263ef2f33ad6@default> References: <87vbh8hlns.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <1b751175-4544-44e7-bbcd-d5a01bf92624@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428874527 5564 80.91.229.3 (12 Apr 2015 21:35:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:35:27 +0000 (UTC) To: Stefan Monnier , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 12 23:35:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YhPX8-00082a-Ie for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 23:35:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46336 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhPX7-0006YT-KK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41459) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhPWx-0006Wx-J6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:35:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhPWs-0004lA-Iu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:22360) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhPWs-0004ku-By for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t3CLYub7010454 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:34:56 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3CLYsTG001623 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:34:56 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3CLYs7o010843; Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:34:54 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103669 Archived-At: > > Even if you were right that one use case is more common, why > > wouldn't we want to let users control the behavior, instead of > > deciding it for them at coding time? >=20 > Because offering more choices doesn't always help the user. No, of course not. But neither does offering fewer choices. How about speaking to this particular question, instead just throwing out truisms? (Why paint that boat orange? Because it's not always best to paint boats blue...)