From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35564: [PATCH v5] Tweak dired warning about "wildcard" characters Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 09:08:05 +0200 Message-ID: <834kxu17hm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zho2cd4f.fsf@gmail.com> <87wohvf22u.fsf@gmail.com> <87h88cvpkj.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87imsinbmr.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87o8yoign9.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87a77qhzvm.fsf@gmail.com> <87v9qcf00w.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <837e2r1iph.fsf@gnu.org> <87a77mn3cw.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="18238"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 35564@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@gmail.com, juri@linkov.net, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: =?UTF-8?Q?K=C3=A9vin?= Le Gouguec Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 21 08:09:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYsx-0004b1-Tk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:09:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37334 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYsw-00007v-Iy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:09:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52327) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYsp-000066-G2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:09:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYso-0001KG-Ex for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:09:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYso-0001J9-9A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYso-00063O-1s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:09:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:09:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35564 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 35564-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35564.157691210423213 (code B ref 35564); Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:09:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35564) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Dec 2019 07:08:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47566 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYsB-00062L-OV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37990) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYsA-00062A-OP for 35564@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55119) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYs4-0006bm-Hl; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4620 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iiYs3-0005eA-W8; Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:08:16 -0500 In-reply-to: <87a77mn3cw.fsf@gmail.com> (message from =?UTF-8?Q?K=C3=A9vin?= Le Gouguec on Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:34:07 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:173592 Archived-At: > From: Kévin Le Gouguec > Cc: Juri Linkov , 35564@debbugs.gnu.org, > michael_heerdegen@web.de, npostavs@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, > drew.adams@oracle.com > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:34:07 +0100 > > - in the simplest case, the UI change is minor: it turns this message: > > > Confirm--do you mean to use ‘?’ as a wildcard? (y or n) > > into this one: > > > 1 occurrence of ‘?’ will not be substituted. Proceed? (y, n, ?) ? > > (or, with read-multiple-choice:) > > > 1 occurrence of ‘?’ will not be substituted. Proceed? (_y_es, _n_o, toggle _d_etails, _?_): Is this the best wording you've been able to arrive at? It sounds slightly confusing to me (but then I don't use this facility too much). The confusing part is that it talks about "substitution", and the user might not be aware that there is any substitution going on. Thanks.