GNU bug report logs - #12443
24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:08:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.2.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 12443 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:47:31 +0300

>> It's a matter of taste (some people prefer the "(default ...)").
>
> maybe, but other people (Drew, you, me and I guess many others) prefer
> other behavior.
>
> Therefore, it seems that this should be user-configurable.

(defcustom minibuffer-default-prompt-format " (default %s)"
 "Default format."
 :type 'string)

Example of usage:

(let ((default "def"))
  (read-from-minibuffer
   (format "Set bookmark%s: "
           (format minibuffer-default-prompt-format default))))

Other possible values:

(setq minibuffer-default-prompt-format " [%s]")
(setq minibuffer-default-prompt-format "")
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