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M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 36525 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36525: M-x default when cursor on top of a M-x command in INFO
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 14:24:00 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>:
> SK> I would guess that the more common use case is that you want to run a
> SK> command with another name than the text currently at point.
> OK, but these days (I've got ffap enabled) I already have the habit of
> moving the cursor off of anything that looks like a URL etc.
>
> I.e., these days the user should expect "smart suggestions"... with the
> price that if he wants a blank area where the suggestion would be, then
> he should "take his cursor elsewhere". But that would be more work then
> just holding down the DEL key to clean off the suggestion.

This is why I don't use ffap.el personally.  I don't think it's good
to force this behaviour on the user by default.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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