From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattiase@acm.org>
Cc: 43489@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:13:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kntsvm7.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9FE2FD7F-84CF-415B-BD7F-DDAF0D401414@acm.org> ("Mattias Engdegård"'s message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:01:39 +0200")
Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:
> 18 sep. 2020 kl. 17.23 skrev Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:
>
>> Still, I'm not sure whether a (ding) is more helpful than a non-cryptic
>> user-error message in these instances.
>
> That's a fair view, but my point is that we shouldn't put in a message
> unless we can honestly argue for its usefulness. In this case it seems
> difficult to do so given the evidence. It's not like every other
> editor is more difficult to use in this particular aspect.
The movement commands Emacs has here are more complicated than most
editors have, though. Saying why `C-M-f' can't move seems like useful
information for the user to receive.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-18 11:31 bug#43489: [PATCH] Don't signal scan-error when moving by sexp interactively Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-18 13:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 13:18 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-18 13:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 13:48 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-18 15:13 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-18 15:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-18 16:01 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-19 14:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-09-20 17:33 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-20 19:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-21 10:55 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 14:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-21 17:12 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-22 14:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-23 9:17 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-23 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-23 14:33 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-23 14:45 ` João Távora
2020-09-23 16:24 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-23 16:37 ` João Távora
2020-09-24 15:50 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-24 15:58 ` João Távora
2020-09-24 17:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-24 19:23 ` João Távora
2020-09-28 17:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-09-20 21:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-21 11:21 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 12:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-21 17:12 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 17:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-09-21 8:49 ` João Távora
2020-09-21 14:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-21 17:12 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-09-21 17:25 ` João Távora
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