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arglist display
- To: g03092@n1.usna.navy.mil (Raymond Lee)
- Subject: arglist display
- From: straz@cambridge.apple.com (Steve Strassmann)
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 13:20:41 -0500
- Cc: info-mcl
>From: g03092@n1.usna.navy.mil (Raymond Lee)
>To: info-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
>Date: 15 Jan 93 13:03
>Subject: arglist display
>
>Dear Folks:
> A minor annoyance in MCL 2.0 is the changed behavior of the
>Listener mini-buffer's display of function argument lists. As in 1.3.2,
>when *arglist-on-space* is T, a function's argument list is displayed on
>typing the first space after the function name.
> Unlike 1.3.2, the NEXT keystroke in 2.0 causes the mini-buffer
>display to disappear. Since (for my purposes anyway) one of the main
>uses of the displayed argument list is to remind me what to type, the
>current behavior is frustrating. Am I missing something obvious? Is
>there any way to revert to 1.3.2's behavior here? Thanks.
> Ray Lee
> U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography
>
Yup, try this:
(setf ccl:*clear-mini-buffer* nil)
I agree, I like the 1.3.2 behavior better.
Maybe it should default to nil?