bug#12443: 24.2.50; Default values in the minibuffer prompt (fix inconsisntecy)

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:

>>       (setq from-coding (read-coding-system
>>                          (format-prompt "Recode filename %s"
>>                                             default-coding filename)
>>                          default-coding))
>
> Simpler would be to format arguments separately:
>
>        (setq from-coding (read-coding-system
>                           (format-prompt (format "Recode filename %s from"
>                                                    filename)
>                                          default-coding)
>                           default-coding))

Yeah, but that's longer and more awkward, isn't it?

> that would allow easier replacement of 'format' with 'gettext' later:
>
>        (setq from-coding (read-coding-system
>                           (format-prompt (gettext "Recode filename %s from"
>                                                      filename)
>                                          default-coding)
>                           default-coding))

I don't think we have to have gettexting in mind, because that's never
gonna happen.  :-)

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