From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7567: Please add a history variable to read-regexp Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 19:46:23 -0800 Message-ID: References: <871v5tqb60.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291959533 21849 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2010 05:38:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7567@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Stefan Monnier'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 10 06:38:49 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQvgv-0001rs-79 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:38:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37716 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQvcg-0002Kd-G7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:34:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46011 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQuWR-0005E3-6h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:24:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQuON-0004Bz-PN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:15:36 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57687) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQuON-0004Bu-NZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:15:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQtrt-0008PR-UV; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:42:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:42:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7567 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7567-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7567.129195251632314 (code B ref 7567); Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7567) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Dec 2010 03:41:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQtrn-0008P9-Sg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:41:56 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQtrl-0008Ox-UM for 7567@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:41:54 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oBA3lrUJ003364 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:47:55 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oBA2siUg022102; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:47:53 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt009.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 862363131291952788; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:46:28 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.225.165) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:46:26 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcuYF0nMjKU5OFsxQZGztNpWUz/7GQABV1iQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:42:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42378 Archived-At: > >> No: new such functions should not offer both INITIAL-INPUT and > >> DEFAULT-VALUE. Instead, they should (like read-regexp) only accept > >> DEFAULT-VALUE (and automatically add it to the prompt in > >> the standard format). > > > Let INITIAL-INPUT be. -- John Lennon > > > No one is forced to use it. What did it ever do to you? ;-) > > It's too low-level: better provide a DEFAULT-VALUE and then > the function What function? > can decide to do as we do (i.e. put default in prompt and in > M-n) or as they do They who/what? > (put it as the initial contents, selected so that > delete-selection-mode can get rid of it in a pinch). Who/what does that, and how?