From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Subject: RE: should search ring contain duplicates?
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:08:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICAEJJDFAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lktirgzy.fsf@jurta.org>
> I think that for most uses of a history it makes no sense to keep
> duplicates. I'd vote for making the default value be t and
> letting those few
> modes where duplicates might make sense (e.g. shell-mode?)
> bind it to nil
> unless the user has explicitly specified otherwise.
>
> IOW the option values could be:
>
> nil - means never remove duplicates
> t (default) - means remove duplicates, but this can be
> overridden by a mode (e.g. shell-mode)
> non-nil, non-t - means always remove duplicates (never override)
>
> This would require code changes only for those few modes that want to
> override the default (t). Plus a change to the defcustom.
A related feature that specifies the maximum length of the history list
uses the `history-length' _property_ of the history list _symbol_
to override the default value of the _variable_ `history-length'
for a particular history list. Exactly the same thing could be
implemented for `history-delete-duplicates', i.e. the property
`history-delete-duplicates' would override its default value
for a particular history list.
Clever, but maybe too clever. Non-lisper end users should be able to easily
change options, and they should be able to do so using Customize (and save
such preferences). Making users use property lists to override default
values is not a good way to go, IMO.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-03 23:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-03 0:54 should search ring contain duplicates? Drew Adams
2006-05-03 7:27 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2006-05-03 8:26 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-03 12:48 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-03 13:53 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-04 10:12 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-04 10:29 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-04 12:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-05-04 12:19 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-04 12:25 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-05 22:14 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-05 23:55 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-06 8:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-06 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-07 20:41 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-04 16:05 ` Stuart D. Herring
2006-05-04 16:23 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-04 16:36 ` Stuart D. Herring
2006-05-04 21:55 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-03 15:04 ` query-replace in isearch (was Re: should search ring contain duplicates?) Dan Nicolaescu
2006-05-03 20:27 ` query-replace in isearch Juri Linkov
2006-05-03 20:43 ` query-replace in isearch (was Re: should search ring contain duplicates?) Richard Stallman
2006-05-11 3:45 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-11 11:57 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-11 14:10 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-11 21:52 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-19 3:05 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-20 22:39 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-21 4:27 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-21 0:55 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-23 5:17 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-24 2:18 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-25 22:47 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-29 6:39 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-30 9:28 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-31 0:40 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-12 4:15 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-12 11:14 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-13 4:52 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-13 23:13 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-14 15:09 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-14 20:52 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-09 20:47 ` should search ring contain duplicates? Juri Linkov
2006-05-10 9:34 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-10 22:55 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-11 10:08 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-14 23:29 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-15 9:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-16 4:29 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-16 11:07 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-11 11:59 ` C-f in isearch minibuffer (was: should search ring contain duplicates?) Juri Linkov
2006-05-11 14:04 ` C-f in isearch minibuffer Miles Bader
2006-05-11 21:52 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-12 4:15 ` C-f in isearch minibuffer (was: should search ring contain duplicates?) Richard Stallman
2006-05-12 11:12 ` C-f in isearch minibuffer Juri Linkov
2006-05-13 4:52 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-03 14:18 ` should search ring contain duplicates? Stefan Monnier
2006-05-03 14:25 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-03 14:40 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-03 15:54 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-03 20:27 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-03 23:08 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2006-05-04 14:17 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-04 15:07 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-04 22:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-05 19:05 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-05 19:14 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-05 19:25 ` David Kastrup
2006-05-05 20:09 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-06 14:25 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-05 23:22 ` Juri Linkov
2006-05-05 23:32 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-05-06 2:05 ` Drew Adams
2006-05-03 14:43 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2006-05-04 19:41 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-03 20:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-03 22:41 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2006-05-04 19:41 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-05-14 23:29 Richard Stallman
2006-05-14 23:46 ` Drew Adams
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