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Re: next-error refactoring
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Tak Ota |
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Re: next-error refactoring |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:01:37 -0700 (PDT) |
I agree. I'm often irritated the difference in user interface
between compilation, grep and occur.
-Tak
Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:11:47 -0400: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jun 2004, address@hidden wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to make next-error a universal "next DWIM" interface,
> >
> > I think it is better if we don't do that now; I am not sure it is
> > a good idea.
> >
> > However, if you make a proposal and argue for it, I will think about
> > it.
>
> I've made the case several times on this mailing list. There are two
> reasons:
>
> 1) There are many modes that can benefit from a next-error (or
> whatever it's called by then) approach. In code, for instance,
> next-error could move between functions. In dired, it could move
> to the next file. In W3 it could go back/forward in the history
> or between links.
>
> 2) Approaching next-error as we do now, in a haphazard fashion,
> implemented specifically in every mode that needs to use it, is
> painful for the developer. It's much easier to provide hooks, a
> keymap, and all the other niceties of a standalone minor mode.
> Users will certainly appreciate that too. Also, if and when
> next-error changes, developers won't have to change their code.
>
> Ted
>
>
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- Re: next-error refactoring, Ted Zlatanov, 2004/06/01
- Re: next-error refactoring, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/02
- Re: next-error refactoring, Ted Zlatanov, 2004/06/03
- Re: next-error refactoring, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/03
- Re: next-error refactoring, Ted Zlatanov, 2004/06/07
- Re: next-error refactoring,
Tak Ota <=
- Re: next-error refactoring, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/08
- Re: next-error refactoring, Ted Zlatanov, 2004/06/11
- Re: next-error refactoring, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/12
- Re: next-error refactoring, Ted Zlatanov, 2004/06/30
- Re: next-error refactoring, Stefan Monnier, 2004/06/09
- Re: next-error refactoring, Juri Linkov, 2004/06/09
- Re: next-error refactoring, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/10
Re: next-error refactoring, Richard Stallman, 2004/06/02