Re: Please, Restore Previous Behavior for jump-to-register

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Which situations currently require a RET when register-use-preview is
> set to 'never'?

The only situations are when you overwrite a register or when you modify
it (increment etc..), this with the three options register-use-preview
propose.

I think it is important to have a kind of warning and confirm when doing
so.  I have personally often overwrited registers I was working with
inadvertantly.

After reading the complaints here, I have the impressions most of those
people had build a workflow based on really few registers because it was
hard with previous UI to figure out which one to use.

Now when you set a new register you can use M-n and there it will set
the register without the need to press RET.

I think the current behavior is sane, specially for new users - it is
really surprizing that when hitting "a" for example there is no
confirmation at all -, so I think the default for register-use-preview
should be `t`.

If needed I can disable RET easily for register overwrite as well, this
for the two remaining options of register-use-preview (nil and 'never)
but I think it would be an error.

Eli let me know what you think is the best option.

Thanks.

> We will revisit the documentation once the code is in its final shape.

Exactly.

PS: I remind people here that they are using the development branch of
Emacs where "Work in progress" among other things can happen, so please
be patient.

Thanks.

-- 
Thierry

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