From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>,
"eliz@gnu.org" <eliz@gnu.org>,
"monnier@iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
"carlmarcos@tutanota.com" <carlmarcos@tutanota.com>,
"michael_heerdegen@web.de" <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Subject: Re: completing-read depricated initial-input
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:09:52 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bkuljsvz.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86letphfke.fsf_-_@gnu.org> (Arash Esbati's message of "Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:28:17 +0200")
Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:
> I agree that there are cases where INITIAL-INPUT still has its place,
> but as I said, I remember the reason for phasing it out was different
> than stylistic preferences.
What other reason can there be? I can't think of any non-stylistic
reason to discourage using that argument.
If you think it is counterproductive to insert some initial value into
the minibuffer itself, then by all means recommend against using it.
But don't obsolete the means of doing so. You do not have a place in
dictating how users write their Lisp programs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-22 3:09 UTC|newest]
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2022-06-21 7:56 completing-read depricated initial-input carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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2022-06-21 9:51 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-21 11:19 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-21 12:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-21 12:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-21 14:04 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-21 14:10 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-21 14:49 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-22 8:50 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-22 9:32 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-21 10:26 ` Robert Pluim
2022-06-21 11:15 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-21 12:39 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-21 14:09 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-21 18:21 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-21 19:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-21 20:41 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-21 21:28 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-21 22:07 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-21 22:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-22 13:43 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-22 15:59 ` standard libraries again (was: Re: [External] : Re: completing-read depricated initial-input) Emanuel Berg
2022-06-22 17:39 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-22 18:05 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-22 20:53 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-22 21:18 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 7:59 ` completing-read depricated initial-input Arash Esbati
2022-06-23 10:06 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-23 20:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 11:19 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-23 12:12 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-23 14:52 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-23 16:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-23 16:41 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-06-23 18:27 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-23 21:14 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 18:25 ` RE: [External] : " Christopher Dimech
2022-06-23 21:13 ` [External] : " Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 21:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 21:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 14:36 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-24 2:35 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-24 6:59 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-23 15:19 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-23 15:24 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-23 21:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-23 22:10 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-23 22:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-23 22:28 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-24 7:08 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-24 8:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-24 11:00 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-24 16:58 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-24 8:19 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-24 11:31 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-25 18:54 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-25 19:51 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-26 17:36 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-24 14:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-24 19:33 ` RE: [External] : " Christopher Dimech
2022-06-25 19:12 ` [External] : " Emanuel Berg
2022-06-25 21:26 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-26 17:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-26 22:22 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-26 22:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-24 0:10 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-24 8:09 ` RE: [External] : " Christopher Dimech
2022-06-24 2:29 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 16:23 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-23 20:58 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-23 21:54 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-24 2:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-22 3:09 ` Po Lu [this message]
2022-06-22 3:46 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-22 4:56 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-23 8:20 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-23 8:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 8:57 ` Tassilo Horn
2022-06-23 10:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 11:26 ` Tassilo Horn
2022-06-23 11:48 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-23 21:38 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-24 8:03 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-06-23 21:34 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 11:58 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-23 12:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-23 14:26 ` Tassilo Horn
2022-06-23 14:46 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-23 15:18 ` Robert Pluim
2022-06-23 20:46 ` Arash Esbati
2022-06-24 8:40 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-06-24 2:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-24 2:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 21:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 21:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-23 16:25 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-06-23 19:56 ` Tassilo Horn
2022-06-24 11:23 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-24 11:36 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-25 19:01 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-06-25 21:26 ` Drew Adams
2022-06-22 2:59 ` RE: [External] : " Christopher Dimech
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