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bug#6459: 24.0.50; completions-format should not have a `nil' choice
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#6459: 24.0.50; completions-format should not have a `nil' choice |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:37:07 +0300 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> (defcustom completions-format nil
> "Define the appearance and sorting of completions.
> If the value is `vertical', display completions sorted vertically
> in columns in the *Completions* buffer.
> If the value is `horizontal' or nil, display completions sorted
> horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen."
> :type '(choice (const nil) (const horizontal) (const vertical))
> :group 'minibuffer
> :version "23.2")
>
> There is no reason for the `nil' choice. Please remove it and make the
> default value `horizontal'. Occam's razor (KISS) and clarity for users
> argue for this.
We could remove nil from the docstring and from :type, and change
the default value to `horizontal', but I'd still treat nil as
`horizontal' internally for compatibility.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/