GNU bug report logs - #76739
31.0.50; Register previews cannot be disabled

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Message #53 received at 76739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf <at> adamkovic.org>
Cc: thievol <at> posteo.net, 76739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76739: 31.0.50; Register previews cannot be disabled
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:22:09 +0200

> From: Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf <at> adamkovic.org>
> Cc: 76739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:59:17 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >>> Whether register commands should show preview of registers that have
> >>> values.
> 
> >> Do you want me to commit this change or you do it?
> 
> > I'd like first to hear from Rudolf that he's okay with this wording.
> 
> Perhaps "non-empty registers" instead of "registers that have values"?

Is it really better?  Someone might think, for example, that a
register whose value is an empty string could be considered "empty".
We don't use the word "empty" anywhere in the "Registers" node of the
Emacs manual.  Doc strings do use that, though.  So maybe do both:

  Whether register commands should show preview of registers with non-nil values.

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