From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: improving query-replace and query-replace-regexp Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:48:02 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040528.182035.197345599.wl@gnu.org> <87k6yvorzf.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20040529213132.GA31322@fencepost> <873c5hd35q.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8765aadbgb.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086141011 8084 80.91.224.253 (2 Jun 2004 01:50:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:50:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: wl@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 02 03:50:02 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVKtG-0000Al-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:50:02 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BVKtF-0002Mt-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:50:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVKtW-0006Of-0y for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:50:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVKtT-0006Oa-Lx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:50:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVKtS-0006OO-8Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:50:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVKtS-0006OL-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:50:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BVKre-0007db-BL; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:48:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.160] (may be forged)) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i521m9p09224; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:48:11 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i521m8502855; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:48:08 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edsgm01.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.50.208.11]) by mailsv3.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id i521m8m15095; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:48:08 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edsgm01.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i521m4gm009129; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:48:05 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mctpc71 (mctpc71.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp [10.30.118.121]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i521m3Im027887; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:48:03 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mctpc71 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1F176502; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:48:02 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Juri Linkov System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <8765aadbgb.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:56:36 +0300") Original-Lines: 17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:24380 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24380 Juri Linkov writes: > or as Miles suggested: > > "Query replace (default %s with %s): " > > And your compact default prompt grew so much :-/ This is a case where `minibuffer-electric-default-mode' would really help... What do people think of enabling this by default? Not only does it reduce minibuffer overflow, but I think it makes the user-interface more intuitive. -Miles -- If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. [George Carlin]