From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 43593@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43593: 27.1; `customize-set-variable': wrong prompt for Boolean value
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:14:39 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <737a449e-1ff4-4ef4-9f5b-f06231703ef8@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <<83d02bt7ah.fsf@gnu.org>>
> FWIW, I see no problem here, and would understand immediately what is
> meant. We do this kind of "translation" of boolean values a'll the
> time in Customize. Let's keep in mind that Customize is for users
> that aren't Lisp programmers, so we don't want to request them to know
> what Lisp boolean data looks like.
I understand what you're saying. I don't agree that
it's clear now for a user.
If the prompt said something like this it would be
clearer:
Set customized value for bar to true (y) or false (n): (y or n)
It's wrong to suggest that this is about setting
the value to `y' or `n'.
And users are used to "(y or n)" being used primarily
(almost exclusively) for confirming something.
I think the (ab)use of the `y-or-n-p' UI is unhelpful
here (misleading, unclear).
next parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-24 18:14 UTC|newest]
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2020-09-24 18:14 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2021-06-06 11:22 ` bug#43593: 27.1; `customize-set-variable': wrong prompt for Boolean value Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-06 15:17 ` bug#43593: [External] : " Drew Adams
2020-09-24 17:09 Drew Adams
2020-09-24 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
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