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From: "T.V. Raman" <tv.raman.tv@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Request: Use message instead of message_with_string for user visible output?
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:17:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADkJX2hKW+0acJ59uv-J78tySp9ABmZYNToLZnutg2cypRrK_g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv38njiyxf.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

Thanks for making the change Stefan!

Where advice has helped Emacspeak is  in producing extremely
context-specific feedback --- which is why except in very focused
cases   -- e.g., self-insert-command, hooks  dont work as well
---  the nightmare scenario is writing a large bunch of
case
analysis  statements within a hook function to produce cont-specific feedback.
-- 

-- 


On 10/29/13, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Could you please update keyboard.c to call message instead of
>> message_with_string when the user presses a key that is
>> undefined?
>
> I've changed the code to call `undefined' which then uses `message'.
>
>> I understand that opinions re advice is mixed with some
>> considering it a kluge, but kluge or not, it's stood Emacspeak
>> in good stead and helped create a solution that has made me and
>> others very productive over the last 18 years:-)
>
> Advice is great, indeed.  But w generally try to take existing advices
> as indication that we should add hooks and/or refactor code so that
> those pieces of advice aren't needed any more.
>
> But don't worry: emacspeak is not the only package that's been relying
> on advice for many years.  `unquify' is another one that even comes
> bundled with Emacs.
>
>
>         Stefan
>



      reply	other threads:[~2013-10-30  9:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-26 16:11 Request: Use message instead of message_with_string for user visible output? T.V. Raman
2013-10-26 16:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-26 16:33   ` T.V. Raman
2013-10-26 19:47     ` Dmitri Paduchikh
2013-10-27 22:07       ` T.V. Raman
2013-10-28  2:06         ` Richard Stallman
2013-10-28  8:04         ` Jarek Czekalski
2013-10-28 18:53           ` Johan Bockgård
2013-10-29  1:27             ` T.V. Raman
2013-10-29  1:26           ` T.V. Raman
2013-10-26 17:16 ` Drew Adams
2013-10-26 18:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-27 22:03   ` T.V. Raman
2013-10-29 20:54     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-30  9:17       ` T.V. Raman [this message]

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