Re: minibuffer-eldef

[David Kastrup]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> >> I actually prefer the " [...]" syntax over "(default ...)" too[*], but I
> >> think it's more important for Emacs to be consistent.
> >
> > We can be consistent by using [...] everywhere.
> 
> Sure.  Feel free to make that argument, but:
> 
>   (1) Until you've won everybody over,

I am won over.  Next please.

>   please use the normal default syntax (at least when you're
>       changing core functionality; I'd prefer _everywhere_, but it's
>       too exhausting to argue about cork-puller-mode or whatever).
> 
>   (2) Surely it's an after-the-release sort of thing...?

I can't see a change like this breaking things.  So if there was
consensus about it, I'd consider this even fit for a last-minute
change.  Similarly for the names of menu entries and other
non-functional changes (keybindings are a bit different: there we have
the "I found I hated it after trying for a while to get used to it"
effect we should wait for before establishing them).

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum