From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `*' interactive spec in some text-killing functions Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:47:58 +0200 Message-ID: <468375BE.2000104@gmail.com> References: <85y7i55a0v.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85myyl5945.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85fy4d56u8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85bqf0649m.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <86ps3gy02e.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183020495 10102 80.91.229.12 (28 Jun 2007 08:48:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:48:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 28 10:48:14 2007 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 1I3pfg-0002xx-MY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:48:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3pfg-000538-3I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:48:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3pfc-00052N-VP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:48:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3pfa-0004yW-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:48:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3pfa-0004yT-BP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:48:06 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I3pfZ-0007Mw-3K; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:48:05 -0400 Original-Received: from c83-254-133-189.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.133.189]:64371 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1I3pfW-0006Ay-9M; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:48:03 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070604 Thunderbird/2.0.0.4 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000752-2, 2007-06-27), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.133.189 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1I3pfW-0006Ay-9M. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1I3pfW-0006Ay-9M f1f7ef50eff416896684915cdbfe6e08 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:73978 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On 6/28/07, David Kastrup wrote: > >> But _why_ wouldn't it be "smart"? The command _is_ executed, it has >> the normal effect (which may become relevant if the buffer-read-only >> state changes), and it does _absolutely_ no harm to the buffer >> contents or anything else. > > Neither does any harm to PgUp at the beginning of a buffer. What is > the message for? To alert me that I cannot go up? Well, my overwrite > message is to alert me that I cannot overwrite even if I just changed > to overwrite, and that I shouldn't expect most normal keys to act > differently just because I changed to overwrite. I have often wanted colored messages for different levels of seriousity. I think that might make it easier to decide in some situations like this.