RE: [PATCHES] Minor patches for Remember, Minibuffer and Tab Bar

[Drew Adams]

> Wouldn't you feel that something is wrong every time seeing unbalanced
> 1) 2) 3)
> 
> in the prompt?

Uh, no, clearly I don't feel that something is wrong.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have used that as default value.

Why would anyone expect such a paren to be balanced
preceding a prompt?  Where/how did you actually see the
error/warning message you posted about this?

But anyone can change the text used for this.  That's
the point of having it as a user option.

> I think the current default [%s] is better than the
> default value that you propose.

OK.  "Les goûts et les couleurs, ça ne se discute pas."

Is "the current" really a default?  Or is it instead
hardcoded?

FWIW, I use recursive minibuffers often.  A prompt
prefix of "N) " is fine, IMO.

> But I agree that the format could be customizable.

Good.
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What's more, I also color the minibuffer background a
slightly different hue each time you enter a new level.

That's probably relevant only for a standalone minibuffer
frame.  But it makes a tremendous difference, even though
the hue change is very slight.

I pretty much never look at the actual level number in
the prompt.  Instead, I recognize the hue change, and
in particular the hues of the top and second levels -
I sense the level subconsciously.
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FWIW, I'm all for making a recursive edit or a recursive
minibuffer more obvious.  For the former, my tiny library
`rec-edit.el' highlights the recursive-edit brackets in
the mode line to make it more obvious when you're in a
recursive edit and what the level is.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RecursiveEdit#rec-edit.el

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/rec-edit.el