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bug#22560: forward-word etc should be interactive-only
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#22560: forward-word etc should be interactive-only |
Date: |
Thu, 4 Feb 2016 13:15:17 -0800 (PST) |
> The new implementation of subword-mode means that forward-word etc need
> to be marked as interactive-only, all existing uses of such functions
> need to be reviewed, and the issue needs to be mentioned in NEWS.
>
> See bug#17558, where this was all pointed out.
Commands such as `forward-word' are explicitly counted on by
thingatpt.el and 3rd-party libraries to be used non-interactively.
The thingatpt code moves forward and backward over things using
`forward-*' and `backward-*' commands noninteractively.
Why would/should/must we consider such a command to be
"interactive-only"?
I see this in Emacs 25 NEWS:
** New properties that can be specified with `declare':
*** (interactive-only INSTEAD), says to use INSTEAD for non-interactive use.
Presumably this means that if you declare `forward-word' as
`interactive-only' then you will at the same time provide an
alternative that replaces it for noninteractive use.
If you do that, you will break 3rd-party code (I assume that you
will update the thingatpt.el code to use the new replacement).
Why not instead create a new _command_ to replace the _interactive_
use? That likely breaks no code, except for key bindings, which
are quickly discovered by users and updated.
Why would limiting function `forward-ANYTHING' to interactive
use be TRT?
bug#22560: forward-word etc should be interactive-only, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/02/05