From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Start value in minibuffer [Was: opening /tmp//foo doesn't work.] Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:08:49 +0100 Message-ID: <4377C781.406@student.lu.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131923420 20755 80.91.229.2 (13 Nov 2005 23:10:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:10:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 14 00:10:13 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQy7-0001PW-1w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:09:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQy6-0001Jx-FG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQxx-0001Jr-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:08:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQxv-0001Jf-Aj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:08:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EbQxv-0001Jc-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:08:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.228.11.98] (helo=pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EbQxu-00059t-SD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:08:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 4377A15C00009FBA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:08:50 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: 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:45911 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > I do not like that decision either. GUI applications at least > on w32 use to select a field when you enter it. Maybe there is a > chance to rethink this decision after the release. Could such > things be put in the TODO list? > >It's not clear which decision you are referring to. I was speaking of the >decision to deprecate INITIAL-VALUE insertion (in favor of using only DEF). >It sounds like you're arguing for preselection of an initial value. > >IOW, there are two questions: > >1. Can INIT-VALUE be reinstated as a legitimate (i.e. not disrecommended) >option? >2. Can preselection of an initial value be provided (e.g. as an option)? > > I was arguing for considering 1+2 after the release. A little bit more actually since I also thought we might consider how to handle widget fields.