From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46594: [External] : bug#46594: Use short answers Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:27:49 +0200 Message-ID: <8335xltdmi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87im6qikpo.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <878s7gjftt.fsf@gnus.org> <87v9ahi9uk.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <834ki1tggh.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7m1gsao.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1806"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 46594@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 24 21:29:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0mU-0000JH-AL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:29:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55854 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0mT-0006yO-75 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:29:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39702) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0mN-0006xu-LN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:29:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0mM-0001ac-4l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:29:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0mM-0006Ff-1Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:29:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46594 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 46594-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46594.161419849923980 (code B ref 46594); Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46594) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Feb 2021 20:28:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36031 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0le-0006Ei-MV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:28:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49944) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0lc-0006EV-AR for 46594@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:28:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40984) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0lV-0001Hq-08; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:28:09 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1924 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lF0lT-0000M7-Gu; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:28:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87h7m1gsao.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:49:19 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:200756 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, larsi@gnus.org, 46594@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:49:19 +0200 > > >> +** New variable 'use-short-answers' to use 'y-or-n-p' instead of 'yes-or-no-p'. > >> +This relieves of the need to define an alias that maps one to another > >> +in the init file. > > > > is this only about y-or-n-p vs yes-or-no-p? Or do we expect to use > > this variable for other answers? In the former case, perhaps the name > > of the variable should include "yes-or-no" somewhere, since > > "use-short-answers" sounds too general to hint on its use, IMO. > > This is not only about about y-or-n-p/yes-or-no-p. It also affects > the function 'read-answer' and its option 'read-answer-short'. Then why neither NEWS nor the doc string mention those other APIs?