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Prefix arg for xref-goto-xref

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Message #171 received at 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, joaotavora <at> gmail.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#44611: Prefix arg for xref-goto-xref
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:42:33 +0200

> Cc: juri <at> linkov.net, joaotavora <at> gmail.com, 44611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:49:39 +0200
> 
> >> Changing the latter to use the xref UI (which will have to be renamed
> >> and become a separate package, BTW) is also likely to encounter much
> >> bigger resistance than anything we've done in this area before: people
> >> don't have the same expectations for new commands as they have for
> >> existing ones, so I'm surprised you asked this (given your overall
> >> backward compatibility stance, much stronger than mine).
> > 
> > An optional feature cannot hurt, even if and when it becomes the
> > default.  Thus, there's no need for me to object to such long-term
> > plans, if they are announced and proceed at a controlled pace
> > (including the decision when it becomes the default).
> 
> This endeavor might need more of an encouragement than "I don't object".

I didn't have encouragement in mind.  I'm asking if this is the plan,
or some kind of desire.  If it is, then I can understand that.  If
there's no such plan, then I don't think I understand why we need to
make Xref behave similarly and have the same key bindings.

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