From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org>
Cc: 12331@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12331: 24.1; completing-read when COLLECTION has exactly one element
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:47:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvtxvf3pyk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20548.55839.962974.918916@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (Roland Winkler's message of "Mon, 3 Sep 2012 11:26:07 -0500")
> I merely suggest that there are scenarios where shortcutting the
> invocation of the minibuffer can be reasonable.
Yes, there's doubt it can be a good idea.
> And I hope you don't mind we give this a try for the particular
> example of ibuffer-switch-to-saved-filter-groups described in my
> previous email.
By all means, go for it.
> The least questionable examples are, in my opinion, those cases where
> the elements in the list COLLECTION reflect a choice the user made
> earlier (such as COLLECTION being a user variable defaulting to nil).
There are also all the cases where the consequences of the choice are
all harmless (e.g. the command can easily be undone afterwards).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-03 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-02 1:38 bug#12331: 24.1; completing-read when COLLECTION has exactly one element Roland Winkler
2012-09-02 2:49 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-02 16:25 ` Roland Winkler
2012-09-03 13:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-03 16:26 ` Roland Winkler
2012-09-03 18:47 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-09-04 3:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-23 12:55 ` Roland Winkler
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