From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: default value with interactive Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 04:10:54 +0100 Message-ID: <86bmjxzltt.fsf@zoho.com> References: <86a7zi13ze.fsf@zoho.com> <87d14e6is1.fsf@web.de> <86o9nxzxp4.fsf@zoho.com> <871sktx19j.fsf@web.de> <86fu99zre9.fsf@zoho.com> <87po8dvgk9.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511147500 12076 195.159.176.226 (20 Nov 2017 03:11:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 03:11:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 20 04:11:36 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eGcUe-0002Yi-DX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 04:11:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55157 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eGcUk-0007J3-7R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:11:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34884) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eGcUK-0007Iy-1X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:11:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eGcUG-0001Fj-T6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:11:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=34457 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eGcUG-0001DW-LC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 22:11:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eGcU2-0000TP-H7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 04:10:54 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:xKqdvCS5bC8ruzVRVQz0STbM4CQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114998 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen wrote: > You are trying to solve a problem that > doesn't exist. The convention does only speak > about "region or position arguments" - right? Here is what it says When you mention a default value in a minibuffer prompt, put it and the word ‘default’ inside parentheses. It should look like this: Enter the answer (default 42): Reading it very carefully, it doesn't say the default value *has* to be mentioned at all - it says "when" it is mentioned, it should be put that way. So I think I won't mention it at all. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573