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RE: please make line-move-visual nil
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: please make line-move-visual nil |
Date: |
Mon, 25 May 2009 13:46:26 -0700 |
> > Pretest is not for changing the default behavior. They are for
> > fixing bugs before the release.
> >
> > And people have found that this is a bug, so they are voicing their
> > objections again, since they were ignored last time.
>
> A deliberate change in behavior is not a bug, as long as the only
> objection is "I don't like it".
A deliberate change in behavior is not a good change, as long as the only reason
supporting it is "I like it".
Yes, let's get back to _reasons_ for the change in default behavior, _reasons_
against it, and perhaps discussion of alternatives, such as using different
defaults for different kinds of buffers.
Discussion of reasons is good. Proposals of alternatives and their discussion is
good.
We can note that (a) some people like the currently proposed change (yes, it is
just a proposal - Emacs 23 has not yet been released) and (b) some people
dislike it. Noting that is helpful, as a reminder that we are not quite there
yet.
But we need to move beyond just that notice. That notice shows only that we have
a problem; it does not, in itself, point to a solution.
- RE: please make line-move-visual nil, (continued)
- RE: please make line-move-visual nil, Drew Adams, 2009/05/24
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Chong Yidong, 2009/05/24
- RE: please make line-move-visual nil, Drew Adams, 2009/05/24
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Stefan Monnier, 2009/05/25
- RE: please make line-move-visual nil, Drew Adams, 2009/05/25
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/05/24
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/05/24
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/05/25
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Bastien, 2009/05/25
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/05/25
- RE: please make line-move-visual nil,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Andrew W. Nosenko, 2009/05/27
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Andrew W. Nosenko, 2009/05/27
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Andreas Schwab, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Miles Bader, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Bob Rogers, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Miles Bader, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Deniz Dogan, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Miles Bader, 2009/05/31
- Re: please make line-move-visual nil, Chong Yidong, 2009/05/31