Re: Gradually replacing INITIAL-INPUT in minibuffer

[Tassilo Horn]

Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:

>> Yes, that's how the original `completing-read' does it.  Not sure if
>> we need to follow that conservative approach, though.  We could just
>> rename the INITIAL-INPUT argument to DEFAULT and change the behavior
>> accordingly.
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> We can't simply drop INITIAL-INPUT for `TeX-arg-length', it used for
> example in `TeX-arg-define-length' where it really makes sense.

Ah, I see.

>> Or is there any usage where initial-input is clearly superior to a
>> default value?
>
> Not from my POV.  But my first reflex is to keep the INITIAL-INPUT,
> you'll never know ...

Yes.  But if you see that it's not used very much or the majority of
usages would be better off with a DEFALT, we could also switch the
current INITIAL-INPUT with a DEFAULT and add a new &optional
INITIAL-INPUT at the end.

Bye,
Tassilo