GNU bug report logs - #15746
24.3; [PATCH] bookmark should confirm when overwrite

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 03:34:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.3

Done: Karl Fogel <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #53 received at 15746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Karl Fogel <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>, 15746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#15746: 24.3; [PATCH] bookmark should confirm when overwrite
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 07:07:57 -0700 (PDT)

> How 'bout we use a slightly lighter weight y-or-n-p which accepts
> RET to mean "yes"?

Yes.

> This way, Drew can hit RET RET when he knows he's overwriting an
> existing bookmark.

No.  There still should be two different commands.  Updating a
bookmark should not always require interacting with a confirmation
query.

There is really no good reason for such complexity.  Make both
use cases equally easy.  Provide `C-x r m' and `C-x r M'.  Simple.
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