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Re: translation-table-for-input
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: translation-table-for-input |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:38:54 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:58:54 -0500
>
> > I ended up removing the make-obsolete-variable call for
> > translation-table-for-input, and instead added a blurb to its doc
> > string to discourage its use for unification purposes.
>
> Please don't.
Too late, it's done.
> If you really want to fix the warning then either use
> with-no-warnings, or just remove the whole feature.
> But don't just remove the call to make-obsolete-variable.
Based on the discussion that followed my original question, I became
convinced that this variable is not obsolete at all. Thus, what I did
eventually had nothing to do with eliminating the warning per se.
> > No, it's not obsolete.
>
> The "obsolete" thingy mostly means "slated for removal", AFAIC. So,
> yes, it is "obsolete" because I plan to remove it altogether.
Declaring something obsolete requires that we name which other feature
to use in its stead. Do we have such an alternative in place?
> > Its use for character code unification is obsolete, but otherwise
> > having a possibility to translate the output of an input method is
> > a valuable feature.
>
> I see no such evidence.
My evidence is that there's no alternative to translating the output
of an input method.
> > I understand Handa-san objected to deleting it in the past.
>
> Yes, simply out of fear that someone somewhere might use it. Hence the
> `make-obsolete-variable' so aso to warn people that if they use it, they
> should come and see us
I put the same information into the doc string, precisely for that
reason.
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Richard M Stallman, 2009/02/01
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/02
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Richard M Stallman, 2009/02/03
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/12
- Re: translation-table-for-input,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/13
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/13
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/13
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/02/14
- Re: translation-table-for-input, Stefan Monnier, 2009/02/14