GNU bug report logs - #51281
28.0.60; repeat-mode issues

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Message #11 received at 51281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, "51281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
 <51281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#51281: 28.0.60; repeat-mode issues
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:59:35 +0000

> > Currently there is a bug where the prefix arg changed for the
> > repeatable commands, is applied to the next non-repeatable
> > command.  For example: C-- C-x o o C-n  or  C-x o C-- o C-n
> 
> Actually, this too confusing feature

It's not confusing at all.

> that allows changing prefix args during the repeating
> sequence increases code complexity enormously.

Too bad.  In that case, feel free to revert the changes
you've made that impose such complexity.  The code just
worked - has worked for a long time.

> this feature will be removed (unless someone will ask
> to leave it)

"unless someone..."

Yes, I ask that this important feature be kept,
not lost.  Users should continue to be able to
add/change a prefix arg (of any kind) at any
time during repetition.

Starting the command over (with a different
prefix arg) is not _at all_ the same thing as
continuing the command invocation.

(Think command state, and Emacs state in general,
in addition to user interaction.)

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