From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: completing-read depricated initial-input Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:54:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87r13ca80y.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <86r13hubaw.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <86letphfke.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <86mte3lsj2.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <871qvfoce1.fsf@web.de> <87zgi2tqwt.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10556"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:jZv9woyVsPjDwHwnsIyPZTQtUeQ= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 25 20:55:32 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o5AwO-0002Wg-0w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:55:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45272 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5AwN-0001HV-1N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:55:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59736) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5AvS-0001H1-4z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:54:34 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:56782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5AvQ-0000qS-Ht for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:54:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o5AvN-0001Rf-T7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:54:29 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138090 Archived-At: Jean Louis wrote: > Initial value is usable as it is visible and makes it easier > to make the choice, but it is not necessarily default. > > My personal example is that some people have one address in > Germany, other in Austria, but one of those addresses is > default (this word now has no relation to Emacs). If letter > has been sent last 2 times to Austria, system can recognize > it and offer such as initial input. That's something similar to a cache memory which is based on the principle of spacial and temporal proximity, I still don't see why whatever suggestion it comes up with isn't then the default value simply? It is shown and if you want to edit it first, it is inserted with M-n. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal