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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: point-min and 1
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:50:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A853367.5060903@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ljlmkcmt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>

 > I don't see how this "discussion" would be implified,

It wouldn't have taken place in the first place.

 > typing is
 > simplified only marginally,

Indeed.  `goto-bob' and `goto-eob' would simplify completion.

 > and understanding is usually affected
 > negatively when simple, logical language idioms are replaced by
 > functions with a separate name.

Not in this case: Instances of (goto-char 1) like those in reftex-* or
`edit-tab-stops-note-changes' could have been avoided so understanding
these would have been affected positively.

 > If performance were an issue, it would perfectly well be addressed by
 > the byte compiler.

Not in people's .emacs.

martin




  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-14  9:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1Macea-0002f3-HQ@monty-python.gnu.org>
2009-08-11  3:07 ` point-min and 1 Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-11  9:18   ` martin rudalics
2009-08-11 18:22     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-12  8:55       ` martin rudalics
2009-08-12 17:39         ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-12 23:03           ` Miles Bader
2009-08-13  0:13           ` Daniel Colascione
2009-08-13  9:52           ` martin rudalics
2009-08-13 16:49             ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-13 18:08               ` martin rudalics
2009-08-13 21:28                 ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-13 23:21                 ` Juri Linkov
2009-08-14  7:16                   ` martin rudalics
2009-08-14  9:30                     ` David Kastrup
2009-08-14  9:50                       ` martin rudalics
2009-08-14  9:55                       ` Miles Bader
2009-08-14  1:29                 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-14  7:15                   ` martin rudalics
2009-08-14  8:44                     ` David Kastrup
2009-08-14  9:50                       ` martin rudalics [this message]
2009-08-11 15:13   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-11 18:32     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-13  2:22       ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-13  4:38         ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-08-13  9:53         ` martin rudalics
2009-08-13 12:38           ` David Kastrup
2009-08-13 14:40             ` martin rudalics
2009-08-13 16:48           ` Stefan Monnier

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