From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: locate-with-filter Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:05:22 +1200 Message-ID: <17437.54690.894943.571907@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <200603160048.k2G0msu23696@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200603170221.k2H2L1H14401@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <17435.52238.927514.585806@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17437.48079.38198.589753@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200603192019.k2JKJJK06505@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142874791 388 80.91.229.2 (20 Mar 2006 17:13:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 20 18:13:09 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FLNwA-00034E-U7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:13:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FLNvp-0007n6-N9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FL575-0002Ll-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:06:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FL572-0002I2-M0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:06:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FL572-0002Hs-Iu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:06:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FL5CO-0002yG-60; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:12:28 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-114-228.snap.net.nz [202.124.114.228]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1707450B3; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:06:47 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id E16B288EC; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:05:23 +1200 (NZST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200603192019.k2JKJJK06505@raven.dms.auburn.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.81 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:51889 Archived-At: Luc Teirlinck writes: > Nick Roberts wrote: > > When looking at the value of any variable e.g auto-mode-alist all explicit > links have been deliberately removed because some were inappropriate > e.g those for `features'. > > As I already said, allowing the user to follow such unplanned "links" > conveniently (although `C-h f' is not actually that inconvenient for > occasional use of the type you describe) is a different functionality > from deliberate links intended as guidance to the user. With the > alternate change I proposed,... Richard just asked for an example where the current behaviour is useful. That was the the context of my reply. If the old behaviour is kept thats good, if not then so be it. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob