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From: | Reuben Thomas |
Subject: | Re: desktop.el: autosave? |
Date: | Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:48:06 +0000 (GMT) |
User-agent: | Alpine 0.99999 (DEB 796 2007-11-08) |
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Juri Linkov wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Juri Linkov wrote:There is no sense to remove history saving from desktop.el if there happens to exist a package that duplicates a part of its functionality. Why put an additional hassle on users of desktop.el with more configuration?What's the point of having two completely different ways of doing exactly the same thing? This is confusing. ISn't there some way to resolve that?There are many packages in Emacs that have similar functionality. But there are no problems with that. Every package has its own users.
This is a different question from the rest, but it seems that here (and in other places, doubtless) there is the opportunity to reduce duplication and make Emacs simpler for everyone to understand. Sometimes, there is an obvious reason for having two packages that perform a similar task, as for example with different modes for editing the same language that have a different approach. In other cases, there's little obvious reason, the reason seems to be mainly historical, and if duplicate functionality can be merged then we make Emacs better for everyone.
Or is the general attitude that once a feature gets into Emacs, then it should stay there to avoid annoying users who rely on it? I understand this too, but I think it's a pity if it becomes a reason never to remove anything.
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