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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master 1b0a922 1/2: Make M-x show obsolete commands (Bug#43300)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 03:33:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmkW_cv95_um5HpTWJ_M8uZCOO5r4SZF6b0fgqG7fpd4Kg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvsgbl79ti.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> I think this doesn't push users away from obsolete commands
> strongly enough.  If removing them from the list of completions is not
> an option any more, then maybe we could/should force a kind of
> "confirmation".  e.g. `M-x <obsolete-command> RET` would emit a short
> "Really call obsolete `obsolete-command`?" and wait for an extra RET
> before going ahead.

I think your proposal sounds good, and I have no objection.

But do we really need to be that forceful about pushing users away from
obsolete commands?  I had hoped that a gentle nudge in the right
direction would be enough, especially given the long time that will pass
before a command is finally removed.



      reply	other threads:[~2020-09-18 10:33 UTC|newest]

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2020-09-13 19:35   ` master 1b0a922 1/2: Make M-x show obsolete commands (Bug#43300) Stefan Monnier
2020-09-18 10:33     ` Stefan Kangas [this message]

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