From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [wl@gnu.org: changing line heights] Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:33:18 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20030926.073223.258112866.wl@gnu.org> <3F73D92F.5050508@jclark.com> <20030927.075630.55493946.wl@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064763427 30203 80.91.224.253 (28 Sep 2003 15:37:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:37:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, gerd.moellmann@t-online.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, jjc@jclark.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 28 17:37:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3dbc-0003o9-00 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:37:04 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A3dbc-00074h-00 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:37:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3dZl-0004f4-AN for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:35:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A3dZB-0004eh-H9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:34:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A3dZA-0004eQ-2r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:34:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A3dZ9-0004eK-Qv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:34:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 1A3dXy-0006lA-Td; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:33:18 -0400 Original-To: Werner LEMBERG In-reply-to: <20030927.075630.55493946.wl@gnu.org> (message from Werner LEMBERG on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:56:30 +0200 (CEST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16720 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16720 > If we need to offer multiple options, this is a good way to make > them default more correctly. At the same time, it might be a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [Can't resist: Either something is correct, or it isn't -- what does `more correctly' then mean? :-)] When you're talking about selecting a function to decide what to do in various cases, changing the function could make it correct in more cases or fewer cases. That is more or less correct. In this case there is no perfection.