GNU bug report logs - #66394
29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, dmitry <at> gutov.dev, stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66394: 29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:44:40 +0200

> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  michael_heerdegen <at> web.de,
>   66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,  stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:34:36 +0000
> 
> Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev> writes:
> 
> > On 12/12/2023 12:16, Thierry Volpiatto wrote:
> >> Here a third patch that allows more precise configuration if needed.
> >> For example if you have register-use-preview == nil, no confirmation
> >> with RET is needed everywhere, even when overwriting a register.  If you
> >> want to have a confirmation when overwriting but no confirmation when
> >> jumping/inserting you can use this in addition of register-use-preview
> >
> > I was actually thinking this might be a good default behavior: no
> > confirmation in all cases except when overwriting. It's a change from
> > the current one still, but a smaller one.
> 
> I think too it would be a good default.

What do others think about making this the default?

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