Re: Start value in minibuffer [Was: opening /tmp//foo doesn't work.]

[Lennart Borgman]

Drew Adams wrote:

> It has been decided that the INITIAL-VALUE parameter to minibuffer-input
> functions is more or less deprecated, in favor of the DEF (default-value)
> parameter alone. The UI model chosen is not to burden the user with a start
> value already in the minibuffer, but rather to let him use M-n to pull the
> default value into the minibuffer (to serve as start value), if he wants it.
>
> I don't like that decision, personally, but that's the way it is. I like
>  
I do not like that decision either. GUI applications at least on w32 use 
to select a field when you enter it. Maybe there is a chance to rethink 
this decision after the release. Could such things be put in the TODO list?