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: prexix argument of Info-copy-current-node-name Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:43:48 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87ods0yvln.fsf@jurta.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161809615 13411 80.91.229.2 (25 Oct 2006 20:53:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:53:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 25 22:53:31 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcpkR-0005x1-TS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:53:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcpkQ-0003Jz-5z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:53:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcpkD-0003Ib-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:53:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcpkB-0003Bb-EV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:53:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcpkB-0003BN-9c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:52:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.64.120.200] (helo=relay01.kiev.sovam.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GcpkA-0007lR-6L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:52:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Gcpjm-0002wi-QO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:52:43 +0300 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Reiner Steib's message of "Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:06:41 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: b36477657b07eb27dc67b07df918f397 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 402 [Oct 25 2006] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: not dialup} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Method: Local Lists X-SpamTest-Rate: 0 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0242], KAS30/Release 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:61171 Archived-At: > From Juri's suggestion on emacs-devel [1] I understand that `M-0 w' > (or `C-u 0 w') was because of the analogy to > `dired-copy-filename-as-kill' [2]. But wouldn't it make more sense to > allow _any_ prefix argument in `Info-copy-current-node-name'? I intended to reserve other possible values of the prefix key to allow more output formats besides the current two. We could add now only a new prefix `C-u w' (i.e. the most often used prefix) in addition to `M-0 w', and leave room for more formats. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/