GNU bug report logs - #37883
27.0.50; read-file-name: Scrambled INITIAL

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 37883 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: 37883 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37883: 27.0.50; read-file-name: Scrambled INITIAL
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:16:36 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de> writes:

> (The manual also discourages the use of INITIAL.)

BTW, what the manual says: "*Please note:* we recommend using DEFAULT
rather than INITIAL in most cases." - maybe that could be a bit more
precise?  Which cases - what's problematic with using INITIAL in these
cases?  Why doesn't the docstring say that INITIAL is not recommended?
Should developers better use alternatives (I guess one could use
`minibuffer-setup-hook' to insert a default), or is any initial
minibuffer content considered "bad"?

Michael.
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