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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 Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:12:27 +0200

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

>> 	 (setq from-coding (read-coding-system
>> 			    (format-prompt "Recode filename %s"
>>                                             default-coding filename)
>> 			    default-coding))
>
> Simpler would be to format arguments separately:
>
> 	 (setq from-coding (read-coding-system
> 			    (format-prompt (format "Recode filename %s from"
>                                                    filename)
> 				           default-coding)
> 			    default-coding))

Yeah, but that's longer and more awkward, isn't it?

> that would allow easier replacement of 'format' with 'gettext' later:
>
> 	 (setq from-coding (read-coding-system
> 			    (format-prompt (gettext "Recode filename %s from"
>                                                      filename)
> 				           default-coding)
> 			    default-coding))

I don't think we have to have gettexting in mind, because that's never
gonna happen.  :-)

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