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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Add an optional HOLD argument to "n" Org macro
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 21:47:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8760fyic6n.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFyQvY19R4gEkEP1pBwvVguyC081u2qn5WuDHkC_mGv_S_5YrQ@mail.gmail.com> (Kaushal Modi's message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2017 18:33:50 +0000")

Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:

> I was writing something along the lines of this when I needed to specify
> the n macro to hold its previous value and not increment at all.

[...]

> I haven't yet created a proper formatted patch, because I don't know if
> this is the best implementation. Would it be better to rename the RESET
> option to something more generic, like ARG? That way,
>
> - If ARG is a "-" string, the counter value will be held and not
> incremented.
> - If ARG is a number represented as a string, it set the NAME counter to
> that value (like now).
> - Else if ARG is a non-empty string, it resets the NAME counter to 1 (like
> now).

I think it is better since resetting, setting and holding are mutually
exclusive. With tests, please! :)

Regards,

  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-14 19:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <2ee94a64a94b46259b0da6e7d34675c9@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2017-05-08 14:00 ` [RFC] The "c" Org macro Eric S Fraga
2017-05-08 15:32   ` Dushyant Juneja
     [not found]   ` <a4c6d561b12a4cc8ad4fe8c017fa2121@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2017-05-08 15:59     ` Eric S Fraga
2017-05-08 16:52       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-09  7:35         ` Carsten Dominik
2017-05-09 10:35           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-09 11:25         ` Rasmus
2017-05-09 16:10           ` Nicolas Goaziou
     [not found]       ` <2069df8c23bc43f3b04b6e203b96be9d@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2017-05-11  8:45         ` Eric S Fraga
2017-05-21 13:37           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-22  3:24             ` Kaushal Modi
2017-05-22  5:58               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-22 10:46                 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-05-22 11:47                   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-22 13:00                     ` Kaushal Modi
2017-05-22 13:10                       ` Kaushal Modi
2017-05-22 13:13                       ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-22 13:39                         ` Kaushal Modi
2017-05-25 10:42             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-05-25 18:31               ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-14 17:52                 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-14 18:33                   ` Add an optional HOLD argument to "n" Org macro (Was: [RFC] The "c" Org macro) Kaushal Modi
2017-06-14 19:47                     ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2017-06-15 13:10                       ` Add an optional HOLD argument to "n" Org macro Kaushal Modi
2017-06-15 15:25                         ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-15 16:07                           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-06-15 18:07                             ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-17 14:34                               ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-17 23:24                               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-06-18  4:03                                 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-18  7:16                                   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2017-06-18  7:45                                     ` Kaushal Modi
2017-06-14 19:44                   ` [RFC] The "c" " Nicolas Goaziou
     [not found]           ` <a8f5841641834b4cb51af85a3df785da@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2017-05-22  8:34             ` Eric S Fraga
2017-05-08 16:30   ` Robert Horn

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