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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


  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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