Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/1] Avoid accidentally overwriting macro recording

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:07:32 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.nano.devel
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Op 11-02-2026 om 16:03 schreef Charles Mirabile:
> Part of the reason I like nano is that I can use it without much
> customization, [...]

What customization of nano /do/ you use?

> In addition I think
> cancelling the recording if you stop it immediately is perfectly
> intuitive and helpful.

It might be.  Intuitions differ from person to person.  See if you
can get votes for the change in behavior.

> It is not hard to e.g. just restart the editor

Come on!  "Just"?!  The user might have several files open, plus
state in her head -- that's not a time to go closing an editor.

> or record a macro that
> invokes control+c to show the status line or something if you really
> want to clear a harmful macro.

Yes, they really want.  Why do you paint it as something silly?

> This feature is in my opinion perfectly
> intuitive and discoverable while being easy to work around if you
> truly do wish for a no-op macro.

You're pushing hard.  I don't like that.


Benno

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