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Re: C-u prefix input (e.g., C-x f / set-fill-column)
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Ulrich Mueller |
Subject: |
Re: C-u prefix input (e.g., C-x f / set-fill-column) |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:05:35 +0200 |
>>>>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, David Reitter wrote:
> 2a. When users forget to give an argument with C-u, the error message
> should be
> "set-fill-column requires an explicit argument with prefix C-u
> <ARGUMENT>"
> or something like that.
> Or, better:
> 2b. Instead of displaying the above error message, the user should be
> queried interactively for the argument, just like most interactive
> functions do it. In other words, use (interactive "N") in `set-fill-
> column' instead of "p".
Wouldn't (current-column) be a reasonable default if no explicit
argument was given?
Ulrich
Re: C-u prefix input (e.g., C-x f / set-fill-column), Richard Stallman, 2007/10/19