Re: [PATCH] emacs: Use "r" key for 'cran' action in 'import' popup.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2015-09-02 16:10 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> From 1cc6871abf3d53ad5702fde5570df8a61a945010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
>>> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 13:10:41 +0300
>>> Subject: [PATCH] emacs: Use "r" key for 'cran' action in 'import' popup.
>>>
>>> * emacs/guix-command.el (guix-command-improve-import-argument): New
>>>   variable and function.
>>>   (guix-command-argument-improvers): Add it.
>>
>> Definitely.
>>
>> Should there be some sort of automatic disambiguation mechanism?
>
> Automatic?  I think it should be defined by a human what key to assign.
> How can it be automatically decided what key should be used for "cpan"
> and what for "cran"?  Currently the key is just defined by the first
> letter and I think it is the maximal automatization that should be done.
> If it's not enough, than we should solve disambiguation manually, don't
> you agree?

Yes, you’re right.  Doing things automatically would have the advantage
of not missing collisions, but doing it sensibly may prove to be hard,
as you note.

Ludo’.