From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 50775@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: bug#50775: ispell help message times out before most people can read it
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:48:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837df4phcb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmkEHhk_ov3UH3jTry5McSXHJQsXEahbJTEDnfbKH4dsSg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:38:10 -0700)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:38:10 -0700
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 50775@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > We've been having that for eons, so changing the default now should
> > only be done if we have a very good reason. You have a customizable
> > variable now, so why not change the value for your convenience?
> >
> > Let's not let the tail wag the dog: it's a minor issue, no need to
> > turn the world around each time we add some minor convenience.
>
> [ Removing a timeout for a message does not exactly amount to "turning
> the world around"... ]
It does, for those who are accustomed to the message go away.
> We don't avoid fixing minor issues just because they are old, do we?
We don't. But there's no issue here.
> That said, the other alternative I proposed was increasing the timeout
> to 10 seconds to give the user enough time to read it.
You are free to increase it for your own use. And so is jidanni. But
I see no reason to do that for everyone.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-25 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-24 13:13 bug#50775: ispell help message times out before most people can read it 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-09-24 13:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-24 13:52 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-09-24 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-24 14:34 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-09-24 15:39 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-24 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25 18:57 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-25 19:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25 2:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 18:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-25 19:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 19:44 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-25 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-09-26 6:30 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-09-26 6:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 11:32 ` Stefan Kangas
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