GNU bug report logs - #4136
23.1; delete-pair

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>

Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:30:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, moreinfo

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 4136 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>
Cc: 4136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>,
        Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Subject: Re: bug#4136: 23.1; delete-pair
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:50:12 -0400

> Here is a version that checks that does exactly what Martin suggested.
> It even fails on something like (...] -- which is very useful for
> keyboard macros, since if you have that text in a buffer, then
> something is probably messed up enough to require your attention.

There's always a tension in such cases.  E.g. for interactive use, I'd
rather we allow such (..] cases, since it may occasionally come in handy
(whereas the beep will come as a major annoyance, where Emacs will
appear to the user as being dogmatic).


        Stefan
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