GNU bug report logs - #22560
forward-word etc should be interactive-only

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Message #23 received at 22560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#22560: forward-word etc should be interactive-only
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 21:38:18 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:41:26 -0500
> Cc: 22560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> 
> > Or perhaps the interactive forward-word (etc) commands should be renamed
> > to something new, and the old versions of forward-word (etc) should be
> > restored so that no code that uses these functions to parse stuff will
> > unbreak...
> 
> This too was mentioned in bug#17558, where Danial was against it.

I'm also against it.  It would render the whole feature useless, and
we might as well rip it out then

> This leaves Someone (TM) needing to do all the associated cleanup work.

Guess who that Someone (TM) is.

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