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bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsi
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Juri Linkov |
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Subject: |
bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy) |
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Date: |
Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:47:31 +0300 |
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User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>> It's a matter of taste (some people prefer the "(default ...)").
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> maybe, but other people (Drew, you, me and I guess many others) prefer
> other behavior.
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> Therefore, it seems that this should be user-configurable.
(defcustom minibuffer-default-prompt-format " (default %s)"
"Default format."
:type 'string)
Example of usage:
(let ((default "def"))
(read-from-minibuffer
(format "Set bookmark%s: "
(format minibuffer-default-prompt-format default))))
Other possible values:
(setq minibuffer-default-prompt-format " [%s]")
(setq minibuffer-default-prompt-format "")