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Re: scratch/command 064f146 1/2: Change command to interactive ... modes


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: scratch/command 064f146 1/2: Change command to interactive ... modes
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:49:38 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:30:08 -0600
> Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> To my mind, if two forms of writing the same thing are equally clear and
> easy to understand, the less verbose one is often the better choice.
> But I would claim that the more verbose form in this case is less clear
> and harder to understand.
> 
> It is also more typing, so isn't it obviously therefore also harder to
> write?  I'm not talking mainly about the number of keys pressed, which I
> think we can agree objectively speaking will be higher, but the amount
> of new things you need to learn and remember to write even fairly basic
> Emacs Lisp.

I think these nano-issues, if they are issues at all, don't come close
to justifying incompatible changes.



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