From: Paul Franklin <paul@cs.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Default values
Date: 06 Jun 1997 11:06:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <r9q7mg7r4gv.fsf@teapotdome.cs.washington.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Andy Eskilsson's message of 05 Jun 1997 10:42:28 +0200
>>>>> Andy Eskilsson writes:
> Gnus is a bit inconsistent regarding default values..
> for example when outputting to file, the prompt looks something like:
> Save this article in mail file : (default comp.lang.python)
> Here I am -----------------------------------------------^
There are lots of prompts such as this one where I would prefer to be
able to edit the default. The one I use frequently is
gnus-summary-move-article. (Splitting isn't perfect.)
If I just use the default, the empty response gets placed in the
corresponding minibuffer history, which often ends up looking like
10 nnml:-mail.work
11
12 nnml:-uw.cs.proj
13
14 nnml:-mail.junk
Moreover, having the default as part of the minibuffer prompt often
makes the minibuffer wrap if I supply my own argument. And like Lars
says, you can always use C-k to kill the supplied default.
What do other people think? If folks like this, I'll add it to my
list of patches I need to implement and send to Lars. :)
--Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-06-06 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-06-05 8:42 Andy Eskilsson
1997-06-06 3:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-06-06 6:34 ` Andy Eskilsson
1997-06-06 17:34 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-06-06 22:01 ` Hrvoje Niksic
1997-06-06 18:06 ` Paul Franklin [this message]
1997-06-09 13:33 ` Per Abrahamsen
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