From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] (Or "question"...) isearch-kill-found Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87vda59rby.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87vda45euq.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1275361819 11408 80.91.229.12 (1 Jun 2010 03:10:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 03:10:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Juri Linkov' , 'Chong Yidong' , 'Deniz Dogan' , 'Emacs-Devel devel' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 01 05:10:17 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJHrt-0003Nq-2J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:10:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60989 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OJHrr-0004YA-SH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45967 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OJHrl-0004WM-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJHrk-0006To-C8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:09 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:10195 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJHrk-0006Th-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:08 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEACIXBExMCpdY/2dsb2JhbACeLHK+PoUWBIxM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,337,1272859200"; d="scan'208";a="66583596" Original-Received: from 76-10-151-88.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.151.88]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 31 May 2010 23:10:06 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BF0A081F8; Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 31 May 2010 13:04:37 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:125414 Archived-At: >> Of course I also dislike it because it adds a state. As for simply >> providing a variable to change the behavior (without a key-binding to >> change it), that's another solution, indeed. Maybe not a bad one. > Why is not having a key to toggle the variable better? Because keys are in very short supply. > It is the variable that "adds a state", not the toggle key. No: if the variable never changes, then it doesn't contribute to state. Stefan