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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: org-store/insert-link truncating the full subject of mails
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To: "Garreau, Alexandre" <galex-713@galex-713.eu>
Cc: emacs-org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>

Hello,

"Garreau, Alexandre" <galex-713@galex-713.eu> writes:

> This is an argument in favor of immobility.

True. Immobility is sometimes good, too.

> Yes, if only each user of each piece of software took the time to read
> the integrality of documentation each time they used something: I don=E2=
=80=99t
> and only did partially for org, yet=E2=80=A6 but for instance I did for G=
nus, a
> long time ago, and never did it again: as example, did you?.

I don't see the point of reading the whole manual when you are looking
for some specific information. You can use, e.g., indices for that.

> Default are an important thing, they should fit what the most common,
> unspecific, and ignorant about the software in question, person.
> Documentation should be there only to adapt to more specific, and less
> common, cases (and, when possible, software should be made so that to
> conditionally do the right thing depending of the context so that
> changing the default behavior is less and less needed).  Not the other
> way around.

These are good rules of thumb when you are defining a default value.
When the default value was set ages ago, and some users may have grown
habits on it, you have to strike a balance between usage and theory. To
put it differently, changing default values annoys some users, and
a better default value may not be worth it.

It seems that no one is firmly attached to the current default value, so
I removed the truncation in "next" branch, i.e., Org 9.3.

Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou