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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>

Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 19:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 66394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66394: 29.1; Make register-read-with-preview more useful
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 05:54:40 +0200

Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:

> > * Multiple times I saw "contains no text" where a better hint would have
> >   been to say "empty".  Not all registers contain text.  Happens
> >   e.g. for C-x r SPC R where R is any unused register.
>
> Yes I used the message vanilla Emacs already use somewhere, but yes
> empty seems better.

Thanks.  In register.el I see a message like that only for text related
register commands.


Michael.
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