From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Minor bug in help+ libraries Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:57:34 +0200 Message-ID: References: <0478B86DD78D4AA2968FBC5CBB69047D@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315472287 28969 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2011 08:58:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:58:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs mailing list To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 08 10:58:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R1aQt-0000th-N2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:58:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55965 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1aQs-00061J-Lp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40308) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1aQo-000612-CK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:57:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1aQn-0006Dz-Dn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:57:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:42759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1aQn-0006Do-2J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:57:57 -0400 Original-Received: by bkbzt12 with SMTP id zt12so478801bkb.0 for ; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:57:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=uRwvLnlORClMZJi7UeBbYNygJ5XO4odX7dXspgD6hPk=; b=u5a0wGjDJYScklJ+PT8qlRtiwhC0RfAfJDHiO+D5OWDY7P2/oyQxUXONlmrMA15GzW Ut80P0OOQ3H12Jp4twwU2W8RCgwJakIJS4RueNH57ad81Ry+XJdda0UTAe+B8QfOOz1h Uvv0o6/neTds5QG9TXd2DnBW9A1YxYx2M+itc= Original-Received: by 10.204.135.132 with SMTP id n4mr290878bkt.130.1315472275751; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:57:55 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.42.134 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 01:57:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0478B86DD78D4AA2968FBC5CBB69047D@us.oracle.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: oubTboNcuE-Llyso1AzKLnW5_jg X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82188 Archived-At: Hi Drew, On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Drew Adams wrote: > Yes, it's actually a feature, not a bug. :-) > Use `M-n' if you need to see the default value. ... > > [FWIW, I use Icicles, which lets the _user_ decide whether to put the def= ault > value in the prompt. =A0That's one reason I do not hard-code it into prom= pts. Thank you for explaining the reason. I have been meaning to try icicles for quite sometime. In the next few days I might. :) Cheers, --=20 Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.