From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please add comments to isearch.el Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 02:55:23 +0200 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <8760zxgado.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <83fuzoojcn.fsf@gnu.org> <83poyd8kta.fsf@gnu.org> <20151211121617.GA3351@acm.fritz.box> <83y4d16txk.fsf@gnu.org> <83lh916jpp.fsf@gnu.org> <871tasbnhh.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83d1uc6sdq.fsf@gnu.org> <874mfntfgq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <8737v5ubog.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <876100egi4.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87io3zdwom.fsf@mail.linkov.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450314758 9356 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2015 01:12:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel To: Artur Malabarba Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 17 02:12:30 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a9N7J-0007XH-Im for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 02:12:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50186 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9N7I-0002Ku-Ps for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:12:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9N6R-0001Mj-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:11:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9N6Q-0005gw-G6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:11:31 -0500 Original-Received: from sub3.mail.dreamhost.com ([69.163.253.7]:54065 helo=homiemail-a15.g.dreamhost.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9N6O-0005gI-TV; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:11:29 -0500 Original-Received: from homiemail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5990176C069; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:11:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost.linkov.net (m83-180-31-224.cust.tele2.ee [83.180.31.224]) (Authenticated sender: jurta@jurta.org) by homiemail-a15.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id F2A3E76C065; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:11:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Artur Malabarba's message of "Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:06:48 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 69.163.253.7 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196407 Archived-At: > I don't really like custom variables that try to do everything and have > complex structures. They tend to be intimidating to new users, precisely > those who would benefit the most from the custom interface. > They are also harder to use and harder to write docstrings for. Finally, > they offer no benefit over just defining N streamlined variables whose > docstrings mention each other. :-) Then what do you think about two customizable variables: 1. search-default-regexp-function that always holds a function; 2. search-default-regexp-mode (or just search-default-mode) that defines whether to use search-default-regexp-function, or use a regexp search, or use a literal search?