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24.3.50; recursive edit while running ispell not working usefully

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 14192 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#14192: 24.3.50; recursive edit while running ispell not working usefully
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:28:15 +0200

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: stefankangas <at> gmail.com,  14192 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:23:02 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I'm not opposed to patches to maybe make the C-r scenario less
> > surprising.  But in general, C-r is an obscure command in this case;
> > it isn't an accident that it was not even documented in the user
> > manual until recently.  The alternatives described above are IMO
> > better.
> 
> I've thought a while about it, also about improvements.  But I too came
> to the conclusion that the general approach of C-r is not optimal and we
> already have better alternatives, so I think telling the user to avoid
> the command and keep it for backward compatibility is the final solution
> for me.

Thanks.

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