From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13687: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r111878: * lisp/replace.el (read-regexp): Let-bind `default' to the first Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:33:08 +0530 Message-ID: <876214z9r7.fsf@gmail.com> References: <877glsyecw.fsf@gmail.com> <87621cfhff.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87d2vfbtup.fsf@gmail.com> <874ngrsecv.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1362593025 23444 80.91.229.3 (6 Mar 2013 18:03:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13687@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 06 19:04:09 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1UDIhE-0000n4-JU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:04:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52408 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIgs-0004Du-Ll for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44245) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIgl-00043a-PG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIgh-0000YW-9m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:39 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58751) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIgg-0000YJ-Tl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIh7-0004kY-Nj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:04:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jambunathan K Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:04:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13687 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13687-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13687.136259303718245 (code B ref 13687); Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:04:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13687) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2013 18:03:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34626 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIgz-0004kB-1f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.160.53]:32905) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UDIgt-0004jt-EZ for 13687@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:03:52 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id un1so6300244pbc.26 for <13687@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:03:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=seHnKHnb1OUAQMxMvvF3LnWTnP1lf52z0vF9wFrtECI=; b=aLCQn4xpi54y0ZOjpfVyIGLz6pln4IuG7J1FMYNsAv18/NAUKVC5i8Es+g7NshC2gn QVi7sAR7sm2kmiisQM7yNwvpkurWm8r6ZvlUnpMp+joxYsIL5N4tnO+GooFea7d3tXOT b1E8Eo8jGrinaiCHCzt/RSM3ngXTDxmsoM/C8fTs6VmuGvvQnk3tld9SVNyjtoETrPhB mhC5sfVNLETjqFgGAkivprQ0qPJfYRPZ9M0S7mdOqflhohCwiajTWxhfuyMnI20n+2Z2 zFyMTP//O7OSHXqx1RKSvjpX+gLYGL20Vvxxvu+JFA0su32mk1Wp2HcHk+GEYO2TTz9l Eo5w== X-Received: by 10.68.189.234 with SMTP id gl10mr20897037pbc.15.1362592994311; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:03:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.241.90.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id kl4sm32262512pbc.31.2013.03.06.10.03.11 (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:03:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <874ngrsecv.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:28:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:72167 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> The question was one of how `read-regexp' should behave? >> >> If (car DEFAULTS) is nil should it offer (car SUGGESTIONS) as a default >> or offer an empty string for default. > > As bug#13805 indicates, `read-regexp' should return an empty string > when the caller specifies that (car DEFAULTS) is nil. I think I overlooked the bug number in your commit. Otherwise, I wouldn't have triggered this discussion in first place. Sorry. > > This is like what `read-from-minibuffer' does. But note that > `read-from-minibuffer' is even more strict, and doesn't return > the default value even if it's specified, i.e. typing RET > after evaluating > > (read-from-minibuffer "Prompt: " nil nil nil nil "default") > > returns an empty string instead of the default value. > This is because its arg DEFAULT-VALUE acts more like > a suggestion available for M-n whose values should not be > returned for empty input.