Re: [ELPA] New package: dict

[Eshel Yaron]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> I've added these options in the patch because I want to have minibuffer
>> completions in `dictionary-search`'s prompts, similarly to
>> `dict-describe-word`.  That's also why I mentioned all three
>> customizations in my earlier message: to show how to obtain the behavior
>> of `dict-describe-word` in dictionary.el using the new user options.
>> 
>> But from the perspective of other dictionary.el users, it may be useful
>> to customize each of the options but not the necessarily all of them.
>> That's why I implemented them as separate user options.  Makes sense?
>
> AFAIR, this started from you proposing a package that would behave as
> if all 3 options were customized, and saying that you like this
> alternative behavior much better, so much so that you felt a new
> package is in order.  So I'm asking why not let users who, like you,
> will like that much better, to get that behavior, with all its bells
> and whistles, by setting just one option?  Wouldn't you personally
> like such an option and use it all the time?

Yes, I see what you mean.  I'm attaching an updated patch that
implements your suggestion to add another `defcustom` with an
appropriate :set function.  It's now enough to do:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setopt dictionary-search-interface 'help)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The updated patch also tries to address Philip's recommendation to
extract the default parts of `dictionary-search` to standalone
functions.

v2-0001-Add-customization-options-for-dictionary-search.patch
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Thanks,

Eshel