Re: A silly little request...

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:

>  > > Could we have another autoloaded command from gud.el except just
>  > > gud-tooltip-mode?  Any old command?
>  > 
>  > I'd argue to remove the autoload cookie on gud-tooltip-mode instead.
>  > Why is it autoloaded?
>
> So it can be enabled e.g in your .emacs, before starting a debug
> session.

But for that purpose it need not be marked as an autoloaded command.
An autoloaded function would be enough (and it would make more sense
to be able to customize it without needing to load it at .emacs time).
I don't think there is a point in being able to call gud-toolkit-mode
as a _command_ when no gud-session has been started yet.

> I think very few people will mistype M-x gu RET for M-x
> gnu RET, so I don't think it justifies changing.

Kim already mentioned that he gets tripped up as well by
gud-toolkit-mode (though in a different context).

> David could always set gu as an alias for gnus (or type a bit more
> slowly!).

Sure, so can everybody else, and that holds for everything tripping
people up while being "technically correct".

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum