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Re: Shift selection using interactive spec
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Shift selection using interactive spec |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:41:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Richard Stallman wrote:
>>>> I think that `interactive' codes are much better than symbol properties
>>>> for defining the meaning of a command.
>>> Yes, but the problem here is rather that you may need to redefine
>>> which commands should deactivate the mark. Doing that with a symbol
>>> property makes it much more flexible.
>>
>> Read "flexible" as "conveniently hot-patchable around things not
>> designed for it". We have a policy not to use advice (another hotpatch
>> facility) for components distributed as part of Emacs because we want
>> all information pertaining to a particular function accessible and
>> readable from a single location in a clear manner.
>>
>> I don't see this any different. If there is a need for a user to
>> hot-patch around functions not designed for it, advice is still
>> available.
>
> But I believe this will only affect things on the command level. Is
> not that a big difference?
The "command level" is distinguished by interactive forms. So there is
a difference in that we _already_ have a standard location where the
command level behavior is determined, namely the interactive form.
If people really want to hot-patch command behavior manually by poking
around with properties rather than advice, the 'interactive-form
property already provides enough leeway for that.
I don't see that we want to open the floodgates for all sort of bypasses
for command-specific properties attached to something other than the
interactive form.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, (continued)
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/26
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Johan Bockgård, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/27
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, David Kastrup, 2008/03/28
- Re: Shift selection using interactive spec, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/28