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Re: [RFC] Queries and frontends
>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:
Tom> Since "server" is intended to hide commands from the user, why check
Tom> server_command at one particular query rather than in every query?
Nick> Because that would change existing behaviour. It's probably a
Nick> small risk as no one else appears to be using the server prefix
Nick> or, if they are, they have kept a very low profile. Just changing
Nick> "record stop" is sufficient for Emacs at the moment. You could
Nick> say it's quick and nasty but I would call it pragmatic.
It seems to me that this is just a bug in the server prefix. The intent
is to hide some actions from the user. But, a query is definitely not
hidden.
My concern with the one-off is that it is unclear why the check is where
it is. And the answer, when someone in the future looks it up, will be
"Emacs needed that".
I tend to think that the more generic change would be safe, and cleaner.
Tom