From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: mb-depth.el (was: Minibuffer default values list) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:35:30 -0700 Message-ID: <009501c8f33c$35e2c320$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: <87zlycuhrd.fsf@jurta.org> <87hcjjkrgy.fsf@jurta.org> <87ir3u9r5s.fsf@jurta.org> <87myt3zk65.fsf@jurta.org> <87prxyfkzn.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87vdym3qvr.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <009401c8f338$6e04b6e0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217529547 17752 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2008 18:39:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Juri Linkov' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Juanma Barranquero'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 31 20:39:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KOd46-00045h-6O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:39:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52111 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOd3A-0001eS-VK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:38:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOd35-0001d3-Oj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:38:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOd31-0001a8-D9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:38:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52100 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOd31-0001Zx-4X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:63465) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KOd30-0005U8-9L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m6VIcYib002896; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:38:34 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m6VINt8o030887; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:38:30 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 11163220871217529323; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:35:23 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:35:23 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Thread-Index: AcjzOqwJ63FoqJpHQoSfboVqrM97lAAAEXrw X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101823 Archived-At: > > This breaks all existing code that uses the old names. > > Please provide aliases for compatibility with previous versions. > > > > I have code, for instance, that tests > > `minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode' and that uses > > `minibuf-depth-overlay'. > > If I'm not mistaken, there's no released Emacs that includes > `minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode' or `minibuf-depth-overlay'. It is > silly to add a new feature and a back-compatible alias at the same > time. Yes, you're right. There is a copy of mb-depth.el on Emacs Wiki. I'll remove it and post a notice that you can now obtain it from Emacs 23. That will require people to download Emacs 23 to get this library, even though it works with older Emacs versions also. That's too bad, but it is no doubt preferable to having an out-of-date version out there.