bug#2887: Suggestions for simple.el

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

"Arni Magnusson" <arnima@hafro.is> writes:

> I would like to suggest adding a few functions to the simple.el library. I
> do this with hesitation - since I know the idea is to keep it simple and
> let users write extensions to suit their preferences - but I believe a
> large number of Emacs users would appreciate having access to these
> functions out of the box.

There was a lot of discussion that followed after posting the patch, but
it didn't seem like there was a lot of enthusiasm for adding these basic
functions to Emacs eleven years ago, so it seems unlikely that there'll
be more progress here now, and I'm closing this bug report.

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