From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:16:08 -0700 Message-ID: <47DDC658.6030008@emf.net> References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200803140408.m2E47hPU014494@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87prtxpekk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87abl11ilo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874pb9koyw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9gzqv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bq5gytbi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763vndi0r.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <47DC3AB2.9070502@emf.net> <87ejabv7gg.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <47DC79DE.1000201@emf.net> <47DD8A53.8090902@emf.net> <47DDA79A.6010706@gmail.com> <47DDBF57.3080908@emf.net> <47DDB991.1070909@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205714266 4118 80.91.229.12 (17 Mar 2008 00:37:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Dan Nicolaescu , Stefan Monnier , "Kim F. Storm" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 17 01:38:14 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 1Jb3Mh-0003Fx-04 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:38:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb3M7-00015s-5U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb3M1-00012w-BN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb3Ly-0000yJ-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb3Ly-0000y3-HU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jb3Ly-00079l-10 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:26 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.65.4] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 25656265; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:37:10 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: <47DDB991.1070909@gmail.com> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:92791 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote: > > Thanks for the clarification. > > The "three variables" idea is, at root, very simple -- but it's subtle and unfamiliar. So I don't mind a few excuses to make up "yet another" way to highlight details of how it works. Too many is too many and I'm probably floating near that threshold but, up to that point, a little bit of "repetition by re-expression" is an efficient way to communicate a subtle idea. Well, I think so, anyway. Or at least hope so. -t > >