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24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 12443 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt
 (fix inconsisntecy)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:30:19 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> writes:

> (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 "")

I think that makes a lot of sense.  Does anybody have an opinion here?

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