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RE: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :alig
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Drew Adams |
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RE: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties |
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Sat, 24 Aug 2019 16:15:40 -0700 (PDT) |
>>> I was pretty sure I was using the `e' command, but perhaps
>>> muscle memory made me use `M-:' instead?
>> That would be my guess: it happens to me all the time.
>
> This must be a common mistake.
> Should the debugger rebind M-: to be like e?
If you mean rebind `M-:' to do what `e' does then
no, definitely not, IMO. Users need to be able to
use _both_ `e' and `M-:' in the debugger buffer,
to get their different behaviors.
> Make it ask for confirmation?
Dunno whether you mean `e' or `M-:' (in debugger),
but I'd again say no. It's perfectly normal to use
both `M-:' and `e' in the debugger, for different
purposes. I don't see why either should ask for
confirmation.
When you use `e' we already use a prompt that should
make it clear that `e' is being used (provided you
read the prompt):
Eval in stack frame:
If we think that's not obvious/clear enough, perhaps
adding some flash (color? ding? mode-line indicator?)
would help.
That might not help if someone uses `M-:' by mistake,
but if a user gets used to expecting it for `e' then
its lack might be noticeable enough.
Another possibility is to change the prompt for `M-:'
when in the debugger, to make it clear that the eval
takes place in the outside-debugger context, not in
the debugger stack frame. But that introduces a
different prompt for `M-:' depending on the context,
which is maybe not so good.
Do I think this is really a problem that needs
fixing? No. But those are suggestions that occur
to me, in case others think it is.
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/23
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Andreas Schwab, 2019/08/23
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/23
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Andreas Schwab, 2019/08/23
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/23
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Stefan Monnier, 2019/08/23
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Richard Stallman, 2019/08/24
- RE: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties,
Drew Adams <=
- Re: master aae9ac2: Avoid an infloop in shr when filling text with :align-to properties, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/08/25