GNU bug report logs - #54804
29.0.50; zap-to-char: case sensitive for upper-case letter

Previous Next

Full log

Message #68 received at 54804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 54804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>,
 juri <at> linkov.net, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, uyennhi.qm <at> gmail.com,
 spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name
Subject: Re: bug#54804: 29.0.50; zap-to-char: case sensitive for upper-case
 letter
Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 14:53:41 +0200 (CEST)

On Tue, 17 May 2022, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>> I want the analog behavior for zap-to... commands: automatic
>>> case sensitivity when the char is uppercase.
>>> I want this behavior on interactive calls only, for instance when users
>>> do `M-z'.
>>
>> As I said I disagree: these are DWIMish features that are best
>> reserved for interactive invocation.  In calls from Lisp, it is
>> confusing to have the behavior change so drastically depending on the
>> letter-case of an argument.
>
> Am I misunderstanding something or are you two violently agreeing?

We both agree with a sword in a hand.

I don't want to change the behavior on Lisp call!
Just let me know the nice way to detect that the call is interactive and 
then I will inject the feature :-)

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.