From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: completing-read depricated initial-input Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:50:26 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="318"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Help Gnu Emacs To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com, carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 22 10:51:15 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o3w4w-000APz-Jr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:51:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40976 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o3w4v-0005Np-9m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:51:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51332) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o3w4L-0005Ng-HM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:54041) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o3w4J-00034l-N5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.160.110.235] ([::ffff:197.239.7.169]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,128bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000087C4F.0000000062B2D7D9.000055B6; Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:50:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL=0.141, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:137983 Archived-At: On June 21, 2022 9:51:07 AM UTC, carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU = Emacs text editor wrote: > >Jun 21, 2022, 07:56 by help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg: > >> >> Have been reading the docstring of `completing-read`=2E >> >> (completing-read PROMPT COLLECTION &optional PREDICATE REQUIRE-MATCH >> INITIAL-INPUT HIST DEF INHERIT-INPUT-METHOD) >> >> INITIAL-INPUT states that this feature is deprecated - it is best to >pass nil >> for INITIAL-INPUT and supply the default value DEF instead=2E=C2=A0=20 >> >> When do you plan to remove the `INITIAL-INPUT` argument from >`completing-read`? >> >I differ with the plan to depricate `INITIAL-INPUT`=2E=C2=A0 This is beca= use >it is useful to immediately >show a value when using `completing-read`=2E=C2=A0 New users do not usual= ly >know many keybinding sequences such as `M-n` to show `DEF`=2E=C2=A0 Besid= es >the utility of having an initial value that is different from a >default=2E I agree to this notion as being heavy user of this function=2E Jean