From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: daniela-spit@gmx.it
Cc: 45212@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45212: org-capture user-error: Abort
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 12:37:45 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878sa25nja.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-de792c09-d7dd-43a4-9941-67bb68a5e950-1607828508267@3c-app-mailcom-bs06>
daniela-spit@gmx.it writes:
> Can't one throw a capture abort signal instead?
Sure, that is possible. However, consider a possibility that some
external package wants to detect when capture is aborted. If I was
writing such package, I would need to do something like
(condition-case err
<run capture>
(t <work around the "Abort" error>))
If org-capture is rewritten using catch-throw, the above code would be
broken. Also, there will be no easy way for a user to know if the
capture was completed successfully or if it was aborted.
Note that I do not oppose this change too firmly. I agree that throw (or
even just normal exit) would be cleaner. However, changing user-error to
throw may break external packages and should be considered carefully. On
the other hand, user-error is internal detail of the implementation. So,
changing it should not be a big deal. As a precaution, it can be
announced and implemented as a part of major release.
If you want this change to happen, I suggest to provide the patch. This
will encourage the maintainers to provide feedback.
> What case scenarios would rely
> on user quitting capture rather than going ahead with an entry?
For example, I have a custom capture function from email. The email is
removed from inbox upon capture. However, I would not want to proceed
with removal if capture is aborted for whatever reason.
Best,
Ihor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-13 4:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-12 20:15 org-capture user-error: Abort daniela-spit
2020-12-13 1:07 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-13 1:34 ` bug#45212: " daniela-spit
2020-12-13 1:39 ` daniela-spit
2020-12-13 2:51 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-13 3:01 ` daniela-spit
2020-12-13 4:37 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2020-12-13 5:16 ` daniela-spit
2020-12-13 5:46 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-13 8:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-13 18:07 ` Diego Zamboni
2020-12-13 18:11 ` daniela-spit
2020-12-13 18:11 ` daniela-spit
2020-12-13 5:22 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-13 5:54 ` bug#45212: " daniela-spit
2020-12-13 8:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-13 10:46 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-13 17:37 ` bug#45212: " Christopher Dimech
2020-12-13 8:25 ` Michael Albinus
2020-12-13 10:48 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-13 17:41 ` bug#45212: " daniela-spit
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