From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Interactive hat. Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:59:58 +0900 Message-ID: <87ocvplkb5.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <20090323223703.GA5650@muc.de> <20090324135210.GA4657@muc.de> <20090325101650.GA1487@muc.de> <20090325105316.GB1487@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237993242 25591 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2009 15:00:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:00:42 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 25 16:02:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LmUc1-0003pl-Fm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:01:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51554 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LmUae-0000QJ-NN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmUaY-0000Q6-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LmUaS-0000NF-ID for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36925 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LmUaS-0000N4-F7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:12 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:40479 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LmUaR-0002nP-PX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LmUaO-00022T-4A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:00:08 +0000 Original-Received: from 218.231.175.8.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.175.8]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:00:08 +0000 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.175.8.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:00:08 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.175.8.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:qEIPOQO1+Z8vuJkCedMnbSCuySg= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109827 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > Now the question arises, if we've got the property > `handle-shift-select', doesn't the "^" in the interactive string become > redundant? Not at all. For the vast majority of uses -- functions distributed with emacs (and in external packages that don't care about xemacs or older versions of emacs), it's more convenient and prettier. -Miles -- Accord, n. Harmony.