From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: 13649@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org
Subject: bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:44:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83a9re9azb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87liazyzz6.fsf@mail.jurta.org>
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:25:01 +0200
> Cc: 13649@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > A command is running in the default buffer. Use a new buffer? (yes or no)
> >
> > Which is a boobytrapped question, as picking "no" will always end up in failure...
>
> Ah, to you "no" means "don't use a new buffer"? Yes, this is too ambiguous.
> A better question would be:
>
> A command is running in the default buffer. Run in a new buffer? (yes or no)
Still not clear, IMO (what "default buffer"? run what?). How about
Shell output buffer is used by another command; run this command in a new buffer (yes or no)?
> 77 characters long, but I have no idea how to make it shorter
> without much loss of meaning.
I think we should try making it crystal clear and not worry too much
about its length. The minibuffer is perfectly capable of displaying
multi-line prompts.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-08 13:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-07 16:25 bug#13649: boobytrapped dired-do-async-shell-command question jidanni
2013-02-07 17:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-07 17:11 ` jidanni
2013-02-08 8:25 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-08 13:44 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2013-02-08 16:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-08 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-08 16:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-08 17:07 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-08 16:33 ` Drew Adams
2013-02-09 0:46 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-09 8:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-08 15:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-09 0:49 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-09 1:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-10 10:10 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-10 16:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-09 3:36 ` jidanni
2013-02-10 13:22 ` jidanni
2013-02-10 13:52 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-10 14:20 ` jidanni
2013-02-10 15:22 ` Juri Linkov
2013-02-10 15:28 ` jidanni
2013-02-11 9:18 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-24 13:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-24 15:44 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-24 15:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-25 15:40 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-26 9:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-26 15:44 ` Juri Linkov
2022-04-27 12:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-08 17:49 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-08 18:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-09 18:42 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-09 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-11 7:17 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-11 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-11 17:06 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-11 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-12 16:52 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-12 17:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-12 17:34 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-12 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-11 20:27 ` Drew Adams
2022-05-12 5:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-12 16:19 ` Drew Adams
2022-05-12 16:54 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-09 9:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-09 9:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-09 18:47 ` Juri Linkov
2022-05-10 1:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-11 16:59 ` Juri Linkov
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