[சனி, பிப்ரவரி 26 2022] Max Nikulin wrote: > On 25/02/2022 21:19, Visuwesh wrote: >> Currently, when asking the user for the description of link, >> `org-insert-link' calls `read-string' with a non-nil INITIAL-INPUT but >> this argument is discouraged and deprecated; moreover, it is unfriendly. >> `org-insert-link' should, ideally, use the DEFAULT argument. If the >> user decides that the suggested description is okay, they can type M-n. > > Due to lack of experience with emacs I can miss something. If so, > please, correct me. > > Are you suggesting replacing > (read-string "rs-initial: " "Some initial") > by > (read-string "rs-default: " nil nil "Some default") > ?
Yes, exactly. > Is it possible to override provided default description by empty > string in the latter variant? Currently it is possible to erase > description using just backspace or C-S-backspace. > I admit that I forgot about this but Emacs can be made to not translate empty string to the default argument if you DTRT when calling `read-from-minibuffer' (and `read-shell-command' does this). If writing a new function just to get this functionality is too much, then I guess I can live with the current behaviour, but this inconsistency is an annoyance since I end up with garbled link names, which I only notice _afterwards_. > P.S. Many GUI applications pre-select whole value when some input > field is focused, so it is possible to overwrite current value by > typing anything. It may be convenient but is not consistent with emacs > behavior. Moreover it makes uncertain if visually selected text > overwrites X PRIMARY selection. I would rather not go there. You seem to describe `delete-selection-mode' which, IMO, is also a nuisance given how mark+point is not the same as "regular selections" (even with `transient-mark-mode' turned on).
