newbie question re expand



--- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> I assure you that very few people will run demo("tutorial").

Yep.

> In my experience, I almost never type something like c5. Except
> maybe ''c5   to do f(x):=''c5.
> 
> I frequently type an old label like d5.  If we allow %5 to be
> a shorthand for %out5, that might be ok.  or %[5]  or running from
> the current line, % is previous, %% pre-previous, %%% etc.

We need to remember too that any advanced user can switch back to C and
D without any trouble.  %in and %out are safer for new users, and I
tend to think the safe default is the better default.

Since my experience is also that D lines tend to be used more than C
lines, maybe a callback where %# is %out# and %%# is %in# would be
appropriate?  Of course this would discourage the idea of using %, %%,
%%% for previous lines.

CY


	
		
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