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29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful

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Message #225 received at 66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#66394: 29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:30:04 +0200

> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,  michael_heerdegen <at> web.de,
>   stefankangas <at> gmail.com,  66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:30:50 +0000
> 
> here the last patch that provide Emacs-29 previous behavior as asked on emacs-dev,
> I made it the default for now.
> The only customization one have to do to make a change is through
> register-use-preview which have now three options:
> 
> - basic (default - same as Emacs-29- )
> - nil (simple preview with filtering, default and no confirm)
> - never (same as nil but without any preview)
> - t  (the improved version with navigation etc...)
> 
> I don't know if you want to restore previous behavior (emacs-29), if so this patch
> will apply against the previous one.
> (0001-Don-t-confirm-with-RET-even-when-overwriting-in-regi.patch).

Thank you for all your efforts in this matter.

I asked on emacs-devel that people try this and your previous
proposal, and provide opinions.  (Those CC'ed here are also invited,
of course.)  Let's wait for their responses for a couple of days
before we make the decision how to proceed.

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