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[PATCH] Avoid obsolete initial-input argument in net-utils.el

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#56436: closed (Re: bug#56436: [PATCH] Avoid obsolete
 initial-input argument in net-utils.el)
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:05:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#56436: [PATCH] Avoid obsolete initial-input argument in net-utils.el

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 56436-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56436: [PATCH] Avoid obsolete initial-input argument in
 net-utils.el
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 11:03:54 +0200

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

> Looks good to me.

Thanks, pushed to master as commit 989908eee8.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid obsolete initial-input argument in net-utils.el
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 17:41:28 +0300

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Severity: wishlist

The prompting from the functions in net-utils.el is pretty bad, since it
uses the obsolete INITIAL-INPUT argument of `read-from-minibuffer'.

How about replacing it with using a proper default, as in the attached?

[0001-Avoid-obsolete-initial-input-argument-in-net-utils.e.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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